This was found in the attic of my wife's grandparent’s house. They passed a few years ago and when we were cleaning out the house we came across this helmet and two other German helmets from the WWII era? The other two are more like the standard German helmet I’m use to seeing in old films. There’s a swastika on either side above the ear. I can get pictures of those too if anyone is interested. Can anyone tell me anything about this one in particular? I did just a little checking and it appears to be an 1889 cavalry pickelhaube. Any help you could give would be great.
Thanks,
Dave
Also, I was talking to my father in law and he said his father dug these out of the local dump many years ago… someone actually threw them away.
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2920/frontni.jpg
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/1955/sidek.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3086/img5150c.jpg
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7712/insidet.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1248/markings.jpg
Thanks,
Dave
Also, I was talking to my father in law and he said his father dug these out of the local dump many years ago… someone actually threw them away.
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2920/frontni.jpg
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/1955/sidek.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3086/img5150c.jpg
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7712/insidet.jpg
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1248/markings.jpg