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http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-GERMAN-GUARD-LANCER-HELMET/152701372919?hash=item238db609f7%3Ag%3AsM4AAOSwy69ZsfiC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The liner has tongues like a Pickelhaube; the edge is rolled outward, too...like on a Pickelhaube. :-k

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-PRUSSIAN-HELMET-WW1-AND-PARTIAL-OUTFIT-STUNNING-COLLECTION-/172829517628" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;?

It appears to be copper grown in a tank solution; the silver on the back is likely the barrier plating to prevent the copper from eating through the gold plate. The gold finish was probably done by brush plating.

There's a sucker born every minute.

The copper sometimes will "eat" through the plating as a galvano copy ages.

That really looks marvelous.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hussars-hat-WWI-Imperial-Prussian-Fur-Shapka-Kolybak/182385149950?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40778%26meid%3De71a8ee04fcd4693adcfd2af37e6f834%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D232205927042"...

http://www.capgunstore.com/CAPS-for-Cap-Guns_c9.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What type torch do you use on the enlisted spike brads?

US $710.01 :eek:

Did that method involve weight from an automobile, by chance?

So the "future peacetime" helmet of an enlisted man could have a star with enamel? What about the cockade and the field badge?

Sad to hear Mr. Birringer has passed away. He made excellent Pickelhaube chinstraps and was always glad to share his knowledge of the old helmets.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Tschapka-for-officer-/152298390491?hash=item2375b103db:g:4NkAAOSwo4pYFOFH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/German-Ulan-Tschapska-rabatte-spiked-helmet/112181471706?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40148%26meid%3D85f5310f58db41aa9493d1eff3659d12%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D112181361380"...

The field badge on the mortarboard is worn in lieu of the state cockade. This may be a "parts" helmet. Here is a good reference for Tschapka features: http://www.abebooks.com/9783902526076/German-Cavalry-1871-1914-Uniforms-3902526076/plp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The seller also has this "Spikey Army Helmet" which appears to be a "fakey"...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Prussia_1933.svg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Some people say these are from some sort of Third Reich tour guide group. The only other one I've seen was on a site known for fakes, though.