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Thanks Joe, Chas... Appreciate your clearing up the background of the photo Joe. I was never quite sure what stage it fit into. Yes, Chas, that's what was behind my tschako question. However, the bird in the photo is, I believe a tschako piece. But he does not have a clipped beak. Regardless...

Snapped this photo of my in-process helmet, as it was sitting in front of a photo I picked up at an antique store a few years ago. They had it labeled as a Band picture. http://www.frontiernet.net/~masullivan/Pickle-Picture.jpg Photo is of: Eskadron 4 Kgl. Bayerisches 1st. Ulanen-Regiment -...

Thank Joe for the great photos. That last one is certainly a kicker!!

Oh, all right... :( No wonder they lost..., wandering around with targets on their helmets. Serves 'em right! :) So here I go, looking for some cockards!! Thanks!

I was wondering (as I attempt to put together an example of an M15 enlisted pickelhaube), given the timeframe and the abandonment of brass for reasons of salvage and 'safety' on the front lines, were cockades worn on the M15 helmets? Or was it determined by their use, in the trenches vs...

That's exactly it. Thanks very much Tony! Mike

Hello All - Could anyone advise as to how to tell the difference between a wartime (steel - grey) Prussian (or other state) helmet plate and the Tschako plate? Or were they interchangeable? Thanks! - Mike :?

Well, from the new guy on the block's point of view, the sites that you folks have put together are tremendous. And, much appreciated by one who is venturing into the field for the first time. Many thanks to all!

Thanks Brian - Yes, the liner is paper thin. I am amazed that there isn't one torn finger. Interesting about the 'rabbit skin' liner. I'm afraid I am not able to tell the difference. It's been many a year since I skinned one. There are a few running around, they had better watch out! There...

Hi Joe - Many thanks, again. You of course are more than welcome to use the photo. I have a quite good photo setup in the shop, so when I become a bit more mobile I will take a better picture. One that shows the entire mark and date with the 'F' postfix. It sounds like finding a plate that...

First, apologies for the quality of these photos. My lovely wife was kind enough to snap these for me, so I can't complain (too much :-) From what I've seen of other pcikelhaubes on the forum, this is definitely not an award winning pickelhaube, but I think it can become a nice representative...

Hi Joe - Thanks very much for your encouragement and great information. Especially interesting, and makes much sense, is the reuse of materials for the 'Secondary Market.'I have several photos of post battle scrounging and a couple of period reworked rifles. May be me, but I find these well...

Hello Folks - First post, but a long time collector of Great War materials. For some reason I never picked up a pickelhaube. Always stuck with the steel lids. However, broke the trend and finally acquired a 'partial' that I would like to restore and display with the collection. My knowledge...