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My good friend James who is also one of the moderators here has been very generous in giving me scrapper helmets for parts. He knows that I am always looking for these. Below is an example of one of the pieces that he gave me a few months back. I regard it as an example of "haube restoration"...

My latest acquisition bought at auction last week. Some of you may have seen this...sold by a small CN auction house a couple of hours drive from me. IG items seldom come up for sale/bid in my area so despite condition, I bid. The neusilber fittings show a lot of wear. Fortunately the piece is...

I have had these two examples for decades. They were bought back in the 80's when there was not a great demand from collectors. I have posted these before, probably 15 years or so. My first example ET 64: This helmet was brought back by a CEF Pioneer who picked it up during the Canal du Nord...

For sale: Prussian Landwehr Officer helmet large size 59 cm. Very good condition, all parts original to this helmet, silk liner has separations as shown., tall spike does unscrew. Some light bubbling on the top surface but no missing finish. I did have to restitch the rear visor on this helmet...

I recently worked on a private purchase See Battalion tschako and naturally took photos of it's rare wappen: A neusilber (nickel p[ate) version of the See Batt. wappen. Previously I have only seen these in brass/gilt. This is a very rare piece described and being issued to technical troop...

So, as your host on this forum dear members, I am asking the question...why do you collect this stuff? The bulk of the population in any country on earth could care less. Your family and spouse (if you have one) obviously accepts your "addiction" (do they have a choice?) but has no understanding...

Doug B bought this tschako recently from a European auction. The piece is in excellent condition and is uniquely constructed. Unfortunately, the rear visor has become detached over the years! Naturally the auction house failed to list this problem in the description. 😐 The photos: An...

One of my customers sent this to me with most of the missing parts which were..... not original to the helmet. However, because of the small shell size it is impossible to reassemble a complete pickelhaube. Obviously, a Prussian officer helmet. Size 52 3/4 marked in pencil. I have seen OR's...

For sale Prussian M95 Fus/Foot Artillery helmet: The Foot Artillery did have slider vents in the rear spine. Feld Arty. not. Description: Regt. markings have been removed, 2 chips to finish with some scuffing. Ball top shows old solder repair. No extra holes in the shell, complete liner, faint...

The most common pickelhaube that the beginner collector will encounter is the Prussian Model 1915 or M15 as it is often referred to. Thousands of these were brought back to the US in particular, to be used as prizes for War Bond drives. The M15 was introduced for 3 reasons: There was a brass...

My last winter project, this also needs the rear visor stitched back into position. The before photos: A very nice crisp Garde Officer wappen, with no dmage to the white enamel background. Flat scales for infantry service. The same problem as the last helmet. This presents a real problem! :(...

I am currently working on this helmet but wanted to post photos of its rare unique officer plate with 3 Napoleonic battle honours soldered to it. Both of these Artillery Regiments fought with the British against Napoleon at these 3 locations. Peninsula is a word which denotes Spain. Both Spain...

My next project: Officer helmet from either Feld Arty 10 or 46. This comes with the beautiful pre 1913 wappen with 3 Napoleonic War Bandeaux. A 4th battle honour was added after this year. This helmet has the old style officer liner with leather fingers and no coloured silk. Obviously, this...

Another restoration project from Alan S. The "before" photos: This is an extremely rare helmet from the “Motor Vehicle Driver" Battalion. I have seen numerous photos of these individuals in their "driver uniforms" which are often leather "car coats". Unfortunately, I have never seen a driver...

Well Sandy, once again you are the first member to donate to the forum this year and you have my thanks as always. We lucked out when you chose to join the forum years ago! I wish you and your loved ones all the best in 2026.

For our European friends, a photo my driveway which was cleared at 6am today, this was taken at 2pm. This is why we Canadians call it the Great White North! :) We got 24 cm last Fri/Sat. The stakes are for the snowblower equipped tractor which clears the driveway. The city plow hasn't gone by...

Several years ago we had a discussion about the size markings we occasionally see stamped into the "tangs" of pickelhaube spines. I and others posted photos of marked pieces that we had in our parts collections. If memory serves, we were never able to figure out the "sizing system" at least in...

The third and last of my recent purchases an M95 Pioneer with some problems: No visor trim or spike base brads but an original chin strap and two Reich kokarden. I have seen these paper fasteners used for spike pins a number of times....you have to wonder, why take these pins and leave the...

I recently purchased 3 helmets, here is the second....a common Prussian M15. For most collectors, this will be their first helmet as it is the most common one available. This piece also illustrates every one of the common problems that pickelhaube collectors will find in their hunt for treasure...

This helmet along with a couple of others were delivered yesterday. There are no TB markings or date stamp and I am describing this as a TB helme because of the convex scales. Size marking: 60 cm. !! :eek: the largest OR helmet that I have ever owned/seen, Korps marking BAXVI. This is an issued...