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A few weeks ago I saw at an antique shop a steel helmet with the steel trim on edges but it had a brass eagle and brass spike and all the parts looked old to the helmet.. From what I have been able to learn on some of the sites I've seen on the web the early brass edged trimed helmets had...

Thank you for all the great replies , I just saw an episode of Hogan's Heroes at a friends and the helmet on Klink's desk was slightly different... It was still missing the garde star but it had a short spike not like the above picture , and it looked like the brass trim around the visors might...

Hi Guys - Thanks for the replies , I saw a picture of the helmet on the web (not a picture of it on Klink's desk just the credits sequence) and I can't remember but wonder if it is the same one on the show?

Does anyone remember the TV show Hogan's Heroes? I was curious if anyone knew the exact type of Pickelhaube Colonel Klink had on his desk during the entire run of the show and if it was the same one pictured in the show's ending credits under Hogan's cap? I do not recall but would love to...

A very beautiful helmet and thank you for posting pictures of it...

Thank you Tony and the website is very informative and answered many of my questions...

I have been looking at helmets trying to get a idea of what's right and wrong as I had not owned any great quanity to compare in person the differences , also other than a recent aquisition I had not owned a pickelhaube in many years. One thing that has somewhat perplexed me was the liners in...

Has any of the membership had any dealings with http://www.prussianglory.com ? He has what looks like some nice repro items on his website and I wanted to see if anyone purchased anything that could tell about the quality and delivery time of his items....

Thank you very much for the link , I'll ask on the forum to see if anyone has had any dealings with him as far as quality and delivery time....

Does any of the membership know of any helmet/parts suppliers for pickelhaubes that can supply items like repro leather shells , liners , etc.? In addition to a few leather helmet projects I wanted to put together a cheap Garde du Corps helmet for display as the originals are out of my price...

Hi Joe; I had visited your website not too long ago its a great site and found it very informative.. Thank you for your reply , it would be ashamed if he closed the shop permanently as he had alot of useful items and they were very inexpensive compared to many of the overseas sites I had...

Hi I am new to the membership and only have one original helmet so far but had wanted to put a Garde du Corps helmet together from scratch as I have always wanted one and the originals are a bit beyond my means.. I had noticed the site http://www.kaiserzeit.com/ awhile ago and wanted to order...

Hi Alexandr , Thank you and it's a great site, there are so many beautiful helmets it makes your head spin! When I get a camera I'll take some pictures but I need to do a bit of work on it first as the stiching has seperated in some areas and I'll want to steam it to reshape it better... I...

Thank you for posting this helmet and it is a real beauty & absolutely perfect. I am new to the site and the information you provided was of great help to me as yesterday I found at a shop a helmet almost exactly the same except it had the Prussian eagle plate with no motto or cross on it . I...