French1944
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Hello collectors,
This is a particular Kinder Pickelhaube with a very high end quality, more complex and probably cost more to make than a real military one !! , the upper shell is made of leather and lacquered, but the base of the dome is lacquered steel or aluminium. The jonction is made with a rubber-kind band making it looks a little like a tropical helm from outside. All the outside parts are made of brass, the spike is screwed and movable ! Liner is 100% leather stitch to the shell. Inside the leather Shell some marking too. A nice detail is the little sale sticker, typical from that period and marked « 53 cm ».
So this is a very luxurious example, clearly above in quality compared to the few others papers/cardboard survivors l ever seen.
The quality of the plate is incredible for a child helmet, I think it could be a good military one. Finally I think it could date before 1900 or at least 1915 because of the quality, I don’t imagine such a thing during the war restriction.
Thanks very much
This is a particular Kinder Pickelhaube with a very high end quality, more complex and probably cost more to make than a real military one !! , the upper shell is made of leather and lacquered, but the base of the dome is lacquered steel or aluminium. The jonction is made with a rubber-kind band making it looks a little like a tropical helm from outside. All the outside parts are made of brass, the spike is screwed and movable ! Liner is 100% leather stitch to the shell. Inside the leather Shell some marking too. A nice detail is the little sale sticker, typical from that period and marked « 53 cm ».
So this is a very luxurious example, clearly above in quality compared to the few others papers/cardboard survivors l ever seen.
The quality of the plate is incredible for a child helmet, I think it could be a good military one. Finally I think it could date before 1900 or at least 1915 because of the quality, I don’t imagine such a thing during the war restriction.
Thanks very much
