A Prussian Ersatz metal Pickelhaube, any chance to be good ?

[meme32]

Dear members of the forum,

Many years ago when I was a teenager I purchased on of my first WW1 artifacts, and it was of course a Pickelhaube.
At this time, there was no forum, no internet...many years are gone and now that I have studied this topic, I have the feeling my first Picklehuabe was not that good...

You will find the pictures below...please feel free to tell me the truth about it, I am ready to hear it now

Many thanks

 

[meme32]

and a few more pictures

 

[coert65]

I like it! I used to own one just like it. Yours seems to have been repainted years ago, but that doesn't matter.
All fittings, and the wappen are okay by me. A nice steel ersatz helmet. Liner has some repairs, but a nice helmet none the less.

Regards, Coert.

 

[Sandmann]

Me too. I like the helmet

 

[Lars13]

I agree with Coert,
Not completely "untouched" as the helmet seems repainted, the Reich Kokarde might have the white repainted too, and the liner repaired, but everything looks original and in good condition, so a nice helmet.
Regards,
Lars

 

[b.loree]

Very nice….a few problems as mentioned above but otherwise great.

 

[Pontiac9999]

It is original

 

[meme32]

Many thanks
That is a good surprise...I was not expected it to receive such good feedbacks.
Taht is the best news of the week !
Would you say that even the chinstrap looks original ?

 

[USMC-EOD]

Hi meme32,

I have one just like it. I think it is a good one as well, and your chinstrap looks good to me from what I can see.

Bryan.

 

[b.loree]

I would also agree that the chin strap is original.

 

[meme32]

Thanks a lot for your replies, these are good news...I have a tendancy to see the bad everywhere !
I am so happy to read that my first Pickelhaube is an original one.