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Not sure this is where i should post this but i have updated a spitzen comparison chart that could be of help to some:

And here’s my Prussian cavalry’s first family reunion since the end of WW1:

Recently received the helmet and finally found the time to take photos of my own. The extra non-serrated Reichs cockade turned out NOT to be glued to the (larger) cavalry Reichs cockade which was great news! The chinstrap is flaking with red rot and missing the stitches where the leather...

Hmmm. Tough call... Like Jeff said above, if only this helmet could talk. Personally, after seeing the non-matching wappen "ghost", I would return it. But this is very subjective...

Thanks Glenn. I wonder if other M1915 Beamte pickelhaubes have been recently spotted on the market or on this forum?

This turned out to be quite an informative thread. Over a decade has passed since the last time i recall discussing Beamte helmes on this forum and the debate is still on.

Thanks Glenn. I’m deducting that the 1st helmet I posted would be part of the second group provided the little Beamte shield is silver—it looks golden to me? More importantly, did Beamte helmets come in the M1915 configuration? The reason I’m asking is because i don’t see the purpose behind a...

Thanks Clovis for the usual thorough analysis; you're making me learn something new everyday. Hello Glenn and good to “see you” again! Just to make sure I properly understand, what do you make of the first helmet I posted at the start of this thread (my first 2 photos above)? Could it be...

Good morning fellow collectors! I was sent a couple of photos that kind of confused me. I was under the impression that regardless of model, Prussian Militär Beamte (Military Official) Officer Pickelhaubes had a square front visor, round chinscales and a cruciform spike base like the Dragoons...

Photos of the M15 features of this helmet:

Hello everyone. I dug in my archives here and found the post about my one and only M1915 Prussian officer haube. As you can see, it has a few peculiarities: 1. It is made of vulcanfiber instead of real leather—this particular maker made these as such and the advantage is that the shell remains...

Hi Tony, how are you? Can you explain what makes it a Mannschaften helmet and not an officer’s because I’m confused? Is it the wappen which seems to be of slightly less quality compared to other wappens I’ve seen?

Thanks Brian. Don’t know if you remember but i had shared this helmet with you guys a while back. Ron (Poniatowski) and I had sort of competed to win it on eBay. Quite a nice piece for a fair price back then.

Merci énormément Charles. A nice helmet with an interesting history apart from the missing Prussian wappen and the repro chinstrap. To return it to its original state would be quite hard since I’d have to find the correct M1900 East Asian spike & base + a reichsadler with the correct nuts &...

If this turns out to be an M1915, you just hit the jackpot in my opinion Charles because these were only produced for 2-3 years making them rarer than their previous counterparts. Can you check if that spike is twist off and let us know? Meanwhile, here’s my only Officer M1915 (with its twist...

Superbe Pickelhaube. Félicitations Charles! Is the spike twist off at its base? Removable spike, chinscales and cockades would make it a M1915, wouldn’t it? But what makes Tony say this isn’t an officer’s model?

Hi Lars. In other words, in Alsace Lorraine, only the police (Reichsgendarmerie & Schutzmannschaft) wore the Reichsadler on their pickelhaubes? Also, what about what looks like a faint “B.A.O.” stamp next to the more visible (being more recent chronologically) “JR 147” stamp (see last closeup...

Bon dimanche Clovis et un grand merci pour avoir finalement élucidé le mystère! I will switch back to English now so that everyone can follow this post which Clovis made quite interesting! Just to make sure I understand, are you saying the only thing wrong on the helmet, in addition to what’s...

Thanks Brian and Steve. The typical M1900 East Asian pickelhaube’s Reichs adler was fixed to the shell with screws and bolts, if I’m not mistaken. This one has prongs piercing through the felt right below the factory prepunched slots. Here are some better photos. I can now make out what seems to...

Sad to hear about Chip, and before him Karel…