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For me, the Dragoner spiked helmet remains THE Pickelhaube. It retains many marks of its filiation. While spiked helmets in most other arms evolved dramatically, the Dragoner version retained its squared visor, pearlring, cruciform spike basis, and visible retainers on the spine. Till the...

Did you ever wonder why they were nicknamed "poilus" (hairy)?...

Two collectors in their 50's were arrested and taken to custody in Colmar (Eastern France) for searching WW1 battlefields and collecting rifles, gas masks, bayonets, and ammunition. Sarcastic commentators made fun of this happening in a country where criminals regularly assault the police with...

This spike helmet made of blackened felt is now for sale. It has been presented and discussed in detail here: https://www.pickelhaubes.com/xf/threads/an-uncommon-ersatz-helmet.16539/page-2#post-115030

For those of you who may not be entirely familiar with differences between the M91 and M95 models of the infantry spike helmet, nothing better than comparing examples from the same regiment. Everybody knows the M95. The M91 differs by: A spike with 6 instead of 5 aeration holes, and sometimes...

I am only an intermediary here. A friend of mine in France, who is not a collector, found three untouched WW1 German helmets. This Prussian M15 is for sale. The good thing is that it is 100% original, including chinstrap and cockades, and it is marked to FR39: lower-Rhine Fusilier regiment...

I normally do not collect these ersatz models, but when this one - unearthed in France "out of the woodwork" - was offered to me I could not resist, because of the rarity of these variants. Inside, it is just a feldgrau felt Pickelhaube. Nothing special.

I was planning to advertise this one for sale. Here is a pre-offer for forum members. The finish is scuffed in places, and the Uberzug has left many marks, notably on the rear visor. It is a period refurbishing, as is frequently the case with Hessian officer helmets. There are faint marks from...

A former nun, she is the known most senior human being. She talks of her two brothers at the front in WW1. One of them was wounded, he had volunteered at the age of 18. She was 10 years old in 1914!! Her memory, sharpness, and sense of humour are amazing ("Obviously, God has totally forgotten...

I found this advertised as an Imperial German uhlan helmet. Is it original?

These original, private and unpublished photographs (all from the same series) show German soldiers in an unidentified French village. I would guess these were taken in 1914. They look relaxed and appreciative of rural life...

Not many Pickelhauben on Pickelhaubes.com lately... Here is one that came my way recently. I show it because it sports a particular Reich cockade. The central white ring bears two rows of antiparallel striations, but not on an added metal ring as on an officer cockade; here the striations are...

I found this.

I was given this original photograph by the descendants of a Hessian soldier. It says on the back: Grossherzog von Hessen 26.1.16

Heinz Zorn in wagon and his cousin (original writing on the back, in English).

Etruscan bronze helmets dating back to the VIth century B.C. have recently been unearthed in Velia (southern Italy). An exceptional discovery, according to specialists.

Kuerassier Moeller.