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What a birthday gift for me! What started as a hunt for a new case for all of my allied helmets turned into a new case for all of my German helmets. Looking forward to adding some additions in it! My previous case The upgrade!

let’s try this again….

Hey guys. I bought this helmet a few years practically on a whim. I was on a guards helmet kick back then and thought I found a gem. Unfortunately at the time I was going at collecting alone and had little actual knowledge about what to look out for when collecting for helmets in general (I was...

Kinda cheating here, but I didn’t have just one catch the past year, but two: 2 clothed covered ersatz picklehauben

So you’re the lucky recipient! Glad it’s going to a member of this site

Lastly, there’s some interesting info that was scratched into the underside of the front visor. I’m not sure whether this belonged to the soldier who wore this, or this was from a previous owner/collector

A look underneath the pickelhaube. The liner is in pretty good shape with its leather drawstring still attached. The liner has a very faint stamp of 56, which is corroborated with another 56 stamp outside the pickelhaube, covered by the spike base. Notice that the prongs from the fasteners are...

This ersatz variation has two rivets in the front and back of the helmet that, along with the chinstrap posts, hold the liner in place. Although similar looking to the rivets of a stahlhelm, the prongs on these are noticeably longer and thinner

Here is my other metal ersatz pickelhaube; a simple one piece one made for a Württemberg soldier. I’m not sure which exact metal this is made of. This does have a bead that surrounds the circumference underneath the pickelhaube

Yup. That bidding was insane and probably isnt worth that considering the shape it’s in. I’m curious if the person will even pay that money

Huh, last I saw, the top bid was at $1025. Seems like O***2 knows what that is

I sure hope so. The winning bid I imagine is going to be pretty high!

You guys think this is the real deal? Not the best shape, but when was the last time you heard of this pickelhaube? https://www.ebay.com/itm/267095752670?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ASYe-KI6Sba&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=CJnzEW7_Tb-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That wasn’t the only piece of junk he’s selling. He selling a Hessen one, Oldenburg, a Fusilier regt. 34, and others. The audacity of this guy!

My next ersatz need no other introduction. My own Bing made, tin pickelhaube. Since there are a few good threads about Bing and its ersatz variants, I won’t add anything that isn’t already known. Just a nice, solid ersatz haube

Holy smokes, what a rare beauty! Nice find!

If the plate is original to the helmet, a couple of things might have happened: 1) this really was to a grenadier regiment as suggested, but due to the lack of special plates or just to simplify supplies, it was given a standard plate 2) it could also be that this did have the original plate and...

Here’s one I have from Würrtemberg that has a similar shape like the one you have Clovis, albeit it’s missing the brass visor and neck rails and has a back stud. Does it look like the same manufacturer made this too, or someone else?

I absolutely love the his one. Paper/Cardboard ersatz are my favorite ones to collect. I’m very fascinated that Bing made other ersatz variants.

My next ersatz pickelhaube I will post was a case of mistaken identity on my end. Initially, I assumed this to be a paper ersatz Saxon haube. Upon closer inspection and what I could find in references, I believe this is instead a shellacked felt model, with the felt being in an orange color. I...