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My first Pickelhaube was a horrible fake, my second a real score, why? because I bought some good books and joined this forum. Study good references, look at examples on this site and soon enough you will be able to look at most helmets in one short glance and know that its a fake.

Sounds like a wise tale to me but who knows. I have read that they were developed without the visor so they could be better used with a gas mask. Given that only around 5,000 were made though makes them very very rare and desirable. They remind me of Darth Vader helmet.

The Saxon cap I think is of the style of the Freikorps/Reichswehr post 1918. I am not sure if these were around during WW1, maybe towards the end? Possibly like the visorless steel helmets, produced during the end of the war but only used after.

Looks like a nice haube with a lot of history to it.

this looks %100 fake. I would stay away from it.

A Hessen EM kokarde addition for you guys.

Great post! I had thought of it too but didn't get around to doing it. Hopefully it will become a "sticky" post because it is a very complex issue. Lots and lots of fakes and repros out there. It would be good to see fakes next to originals, especially the rare kokarden for color comparison.

Found him! I think actually my Dad knows this guy! small world.

Thanks Joe... How would one go about summoning this man? I am also a former artist/designer from California originally, LA to be exact.

I have been looking into a lot of things concerning the GDC and GKR wappens and parade eagle models for EM and NCO/Fähnrich models. Silver crown, brass crown or gilt crown on a parade eagle? what type of wappen goes with a certain parade eagle and what kokarden? What are the characteristics of...

Ouch! I missed this one! Another nice one from Bruce. Camo band looks good to me, although no picture of the back belt fastener.

Hey Joe Take a look at this example from someone's collection, it also has the diagonal "rope" pattern but different eagle. :wink: http://www.pickelhauben.net/pickelhaube/GdKurr.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So here is another of those complex issues, that of wappen variations. In particular those of EM's GDC and GKR wappens and those little black birds in the middle. I have been looking at reference pictures in books and all over the internet for examples. I decided for the most part they all...

yeah, the dragoon/hessen spine seems odd.

I was wondering if any of these examples listed by KAGGR 1870 applies to G.D.C. and G.K.R. parade eagles? I have been looking into parade eagles for EM helmets lately. I have seen many different examples but I have attached two examples that seem to be the most different in comparison. It would...

Thats the word on the street. Should this helmet have the KBAG stamp on it and in the liner? maybe im wrong but i don't think I have seen that stamp on one of these before. Shouldn't have the GKR marking instead?

Looks like a earlier version reserve eagle wappen and star to me. I would say there are some nice parts here but this helmet as a whole is one big frankenstein mess. its has been messed around with a little too much. [-(

the M15 mortarboard, NO WAY. the EM Feldzeichen, maybe, but you might have to flip another piece of headgear to gain that item. The chinstrap and cockade, you know, they come around sometimes. :)

Looks really great all together like that!! How do you display them when not taking pictures?

This is being sold by Bruce Herman from Grenadier Military Antiques. He is a good guy and I have bought a couple helmets from him and have been very pleased. He is well known in military collectable market. I would say the Shako is original...