For me this one looks to be a war bond helmet with a spike base replaced and a JZP spike.
After closer look I think it's a normal spike.
Concerning the bavarian cockades : I don't know why but they are very rare.
Bavarian helmets are very collected.
You have more chance to have a bavarian helmet...
The chinstrap and the feldzeichen are copy.
The tschako looks very good to me.
Can you tell us the price ?.
Above 600 $ forget it, it's too high.
Because due to the "war bond helmet" mint tschako are not rare in the US.
Lucky guys...
:-P
After asking the seller,
It has been recovered in a barn in a small village near Verdun and never touched since.
The classic story after all, may be true, may be not.
Who knows ?.
A very impressive relic, looks like a definitive "combat helmet".
8)
The stuff was nearly all recovered.
Here is a link to a very sympatical french forum.
http://lagrandeguerre.cultureforum.net/t37125p15-vol-a-verdun?highlight=verdun
Best regards,