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Yes, the cockades are on the wrong sides. Perhaps an earlier owner took the chin scales off and put the cockades back incorrectly.

I remember many, many years ago I had to fly to Germany and my dad and I drove from Florida up to New York City because I was flying out of Kennedy Airport. We had a day to kill and we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They had a very large display of suits of armor from the 1400 and...

Very nice, Peter! I really liked those high command reenactors.

Very, very nice. I found a German web site one time full of reenactors in Imperial uniforms. There are some very, very nice repro pickelhauben out there. I found a German outfit that makes them, but the price is very, very expensive! I found this link to a German company that sells all kinds...

Well, it the depth of something.......I'm just not sure it's knowlege!

I like Robert's explanation better (although they might have worn it on parade!) and yes, a postcard would be worth a fortune!!

Personally, I love seeing colorized photos. There's a fellow on another forum who's posted several photos he's colorized, mostly WW2, but he did have one great photo of Kaiser Wilhelm II in a hussar uniform. They are all absolutely fantastic.

No, no, no, those posts are where they mounted the one big, gigantic, ox horn that only that regiment was allowed to wear on parade! They were nicknamed "The King's Own Rhinoceroses"!

Great, Joe, congratulations! It's a great work and you deserve the attention.

Actually, I believe he's a First Lieutenant. His epaulette had the regimental number "3" in the middle and then there is the single bar of a lietuenant showing. The rank emblem was embroidered on each side of the regimental number. Second Lieutenants in the US Army had no rank insignia until...

Accordining to information I found, the pickelhaube was introduced to the US Cavalry in 1872, the infantry in 1881 and the rest of the army in 1888. Searching the 'net I found these photos, one of a complete cavalry helmet with cords and bush, and one of an artillery helmet with cords and bush...

Gee, the insides sure are brand-new looking! :?

Superb! Really, really superb!

Sorry, Adler, I was asleep again! Very nice helmet, anything Hessian is great!

Beautiful helmets, absolutely stunning!

When I saw the rings on the top I was wondering if maybe they came from either being dropped or some type of downward pressure being put on the spike base, or perhaps caused by picking the helmet up by the spike and puting a strain on the leather?

Very, very sweet helmet! Nice photos too.

A beautiful helmet!

Really, really nice photos.