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Nicely done Wojtek, congratulations :)

I believe if the German Empire had survived, the spiked helmet would still be worn by the guards at state visits or parades, as in Sweden, France or Great Britain. But I don’t think that the M15 was planned for future wars.

On this subject I also found an interesting article from 1915 on the shortage of materials and their replacement. It was published in the magazine „Kunststoffe“ (plastics) and I translated it for our community (source: „Kunststoffe“, year 1915 - www.archive.org):

Great uniforms!

Thank you for sharing the nice photo :)

According to the official orders I‘ve found in the army regulation sheets 1914 - 1916 the fittings were always to be made from Brass, Tombak, aluminum bronce or nickel silver. As far as I know there were also no regulations for steel fittings for helmets in war time or „Ersatz“ helmets, but as...

Bruno, do you mean the AKO Nr 275/1915, from April 6, 1915? But according to the text the order affected only buttons, Waist- and side-hooks, not helmet fittings or emblems. Or was there another AKO I didn’t find?

Thank you Bruno and also Philippe, your explanations helped me a lot to get a better understanding of these helmets.

Very cool to see, thank you for sharing :)

Another wonderful helmets, congratulations Steve :)

Beautiful helmets, congratulations Steve :)

May I ask for some more informations or a book about the M15-Helmet with non-removable spike? The helmet is beginning to interest me.

Looks like new! Congratulations Zeb :)

Really nice, thank you for sharing.

Great link, thank you Adam (y)

Beautiful pieces. Congratulations Steve.

So amazing helmets, congratulations Steve :)

Unfortunately I don’t know the stamp regulatuins for granates but as a German I agree with Lars that DEZ stands for Dezember.

Beautiful photo Brian, congratulations :)

Great job Wojtek, thank you for sharing (y)