An interesting helmet to discuss

[ww1czechlegion]

Here's another interesting helmet to have discussed:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360416710068&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All the Best,

Alan

 

[usa1918]

Alan

Outside looks good, repro kokarden, chinstrap ?? I don't like the inside at all and I'm not altogether sure what they used for the rivets on the spikes. I saw the profile picture this am and found way more questions/concerns than answers

Keith

 

[RON]

I agree with Keith, and the seller does say "the liner and possibly the chinstrap are replacements/refurbishments"...
Anyway, looks completely wrong including the shell itself which seems like a modern plastic/fiber one that just came out of some Far-Eastern running shoe factory.

 

[pointystuff]

The leather is turned with the hair side out; it's especially apparent on the visor and neck guard. The neck guard is shaped incorrectly, too. This appears to be a modern shell which has been modified with an original front plate and M91 posts. The spine is unvented and does not attach with a square nut. There's no interior reinforcing disc inside the shell and there aren't split brads holding the spike in place. It doesn't appear to be an old helmet with a new liner, but a new helmet with an old plate. The stamp is odd, too. Where's the regimental stamp, the size marking, etc.? The helmet looks a lot like the replicas here:
http://www.zib-militaria.de/Preussische-Pickelhaube-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.yatego.com/asmc/p,4ea1779d026e6,4627914cb981d9_3,pickelhaube" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :thumbsdown:

 

[poniatowski]

I agree, there's something not right... especially with the visors displaying the back of the leather cut, rather than the face leather.

Ron

 

[artastx]

[-X The guy is posting and answering his own 'hype the item' type questions, declining big offers in one and now trying to deflect the fact it is a fake by suggesting it is a 'referb' uhg :army: :army:

 

[ebeeby]

Tota lfake. Run away!

 

[usa1918]

It's back, with more owner-faked questions:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dated-1914-German-Prussian-WW1-WWI-Pickelhaube-Spike-Leather-Helmet-Eydtkuhnen-/360418303653?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53ea9adea5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Keith

 

[ebeeby]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Pickelhaube-Older-US-Made-Repro-Machined-hardware-lacquered-shell-Look-/190613345350?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6170d446" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;