American Pickelhaube

[Peter_Suciu]

Joe knows a LOT more about these than I do, but now is a great time for me to learn. I picked this up on Friday at the MAX Show. The price was absolutely right and I'm blown away to even have this helmet. It came with the original storage tin too.

Any information on this helmet would be appreciated. I know these were used post Civil War by some militia units around the country and likely was a private purchase item.
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[J.LeBrasseur]

Peter, congrats, these are so rare and to be in that great of shape is wonderful!

Joe has an article on his webpage about these, see link below.

http://pickelhauben.net/an-american-pickelhaube/


James

 

[pickelhauben]

Sooooo cool !!

 

[pointystuff]

Very impressive.

 

[Sandmann]

Congratulations to your nice Helmet :bravo:

 

[badener]

That's a cool find. Congratulations Peter.

 

[aicusv]

Great find and in wonderful shape. I know that National Guard units in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Connecticut wore "German" spike helmets ( and not the US pattern) there maybe others. I don't believe anyone has ever put together a listing of units. Beside the wearing pickelhaube there was a unit in California that wore the complete uniform for the Leib-Husaren Regt. Nr.1 purchased from Germany.

 

[Arran]

Very nice Peter! Please e-mail me at [email protected] I tried to send you a PM but it sits in my outbox and won't send...

 

[kaiser]

Great helmet first time to see one of these

Jonas

 

[b.loree]

A tremendous piece of American History Peter ! I love the wappen and cocarde.....red white and blue. At the same time, an example of the influence of German immigration to the US during the 1890’s and early 1900’s

 

[poniatowski]

THAT is a super example! Congrats!

Ron

 

[edwin]

Awesome find, congrats!

Regards,

Edwin

 

[stuka f]

Love it too!