pointystuff
Active member
http://www.militaryheadgear.com/items/10325
If it's like some of their other items, it may very well be bogus.
Comments?
If it's like some of their other items, it may very well be bogus.
Comments?
Alpine helmet
- Thread starter pointystuff
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We had a few comments about this helmet in this thread. This type is documented, although I do not have the original article any more.
http://pickelhaubes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5809
http://pickelhaubes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5809
reservist1
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See pages 78 and 79 of The German Army in the First World War, Uniforms and Equipment - 1914 to 1918 by Kraus for photos and a discussion of this first model test helmet and the second model test helmet for Bavarian alpine troops.
Reservist1
Reservist1
Pierre Grande Guerre
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Some passages of this accompanying "Military Headgear" text with the photo are wrong. It sounds not very trustworthy
The units of what later would become the Alpenkoprs at the Isonzo, had their first fighting experiences in the Vosges. Both Wuertt. as Bav. units. It was General Gaede, of Armeeabteilung B based in the southern Alsace, who requested for ski units, and deployed these unitis for the first time in the Vosges. This Gebirgsschuetzen were wearing caps and not Pickelhaubes models at all!
The units of what later would become the Alpenkoprs at the Isonzo, had their first fighting experiences in the Vosges. Both Wuertt. as Bav. units. It was General Gaede, of Armeeabteilung B based in the southern Alsace, who requested for ski units, and deployed these unitis for the first time in the Vosges. This Gebirgsschuetzen were wearing caps and not Pickelhaubes models at all!