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Looking closely at the men at attention, the helmets seems to have Reichswehr applied decals under the lugs

As always Zeb, another beauty!

Hi Chuck. This seems to be a Von der Hyde built pickelhaube. They were a toy company that had a contract with the German military to make picklehauben out of tin/metal. The parts are made individually (visors, skull cap, spike and spike base) that were assembled together in depots and they are...

Yeah, that makes sense. I definitely went all in on sanding them down. It brought out some really nice marbling patterns on them. Maybe in the future, I’ll go for a more rustic look

Update: My Stahlhelms finally have a proper display case

I do have some curiosity on the 75th infantry regiment and their involvement in the war. My favorite pickel is this made of paper/ cardboard. It is very uniquely marked with white paint and in a “old English” font. It also has the name Beck on there

The last pic I want to post was a personal note from the seller. It was very nice touch and I decided to keep this with the pickelhaube. I did make one more purchase from them

A few shots of the inside No regimental markings to be see, but it has the name Hipp on the rear visor The Makers marking is more solid than the photo shows There is a 1 here in the inside, which I would assume is a garniture grade? These indentations on the rear visor indicate a field...

If you have seen my own threads, you know my biggest collecting focus is on ersatz pickelhauben. However, I need to give a shoutout to my only leather one from Württemberg. It’s one of my best conditioned I personally own. I’m not 100% sure on the originality of the chinstrap and cockades...

One of my first steel helmet purchases. Only the shell and the steel liner band remains, but as shown, the all important guards shield remains. Manufacturer is Eisenhütte Silesia, size 66. I don’t see any evidence of a regiment number painted on the back; if there was one, it has long been...

That’s a nice find. Great grouping in the last photo there

Excellent pics. You have some excellent and highly sought after helmets. Thank you for posting!

Anything from Mecklenburg always seems go for higher prices on eBay, regardless of condition

And another display will be built for my stahlhelms. Back to the power sanders!

My former display cabinet shown in the first picture would not fit up the stairs of my new place to the room where my collection is. So fortunately, I was in the process of building one for another collection and decided to make that the replacement. My dad had cut up a bunch of wood slabs and...