camo Pickel???

[pointystuff]

This is a new one on me.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WWI-GERMAN-CAMO-PICKELHAUBE-METAL-SPIKE-HELMET_W0QQitemZ220024808588QQihZ012QQcategoryZ13965QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Comments?
Brad

 

[joerookery]

I've had several camo painted examples of the spiked helmets over the years.

Hmmmmm no pictures hmmmmmmm..... no mention of it in references. My comment. :-x

 

[Peter_Suciu]

My guess is that it was probably period done. Probably painted on the boat ride home.

Chris Armold, whom I introduced to a couple of you guys at SOS, wrote a couple of books on American helmets. And he had quoted an article in one of his books on how there was a cottage industry in 1919 to paint helmets as the troops headed home.

I would bet 70% (probably more) of the US M-1917 helmets that have the divisional insignia were painted on the way home. And I bet this is similar case. Wouldn't have been done by the Germans I assume.