pointystuff
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRA-RARE-GERMAN-COLONIAL-OFFICERS-WW1-PICKELHAUBE-SPIKE-HELMET-/250935141587?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6ce664d3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
colonial officer helmet
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poniatowski
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I've never really seen one of these, but this one looks good to me. Usually, the fakes and repros have the star studs on the base of the spike and the eagle is nowhere near as crisp. However, no returns... (covered under buyer protection plan... is that still good? I dunno), also why the EM liner? A matter of an officer's being too warm or something? Just a few questions.
Of course, there are others on this forum with MUCH more knowledge in this area than I, so I will bow to their opinions.
Ron
Of course, there are others on this forum with MUCH more knowledge in this area than I, so I will bow to their opinions.
Ron
pointystuff
Active member
Wouldn't the leather visor have a pressed-out lip like a Tschako and wouldn't the leather parts be gray-green on a typical colonial officer Pickelhaube?
reservist1
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In addition to your comments about the visors, here are some other areas for concern.
1. helmet body appears to made from felt. Should be leather covered in felt.
2. liner is issue style. Should be officer/private purchase style.
3. Helmet body has holes in dome for spike base rivets. Known East Asian helmets do not have these holes.
4. Chinscales are 1915 pattern officer scales. The chin scales should be issue style.
5. Color of the helmet body is questionable.
Very good information on East Asian helmets can be found on pages 484-497 of The German Colonial Troops from 1889 to 1918, by Jurgen Kraus and Thomas Muller.
Reservist1
poniatowski
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Thanks 'Reservist'! Like I said, I don't know much about these, but the plate looks good, doesn't it?
Ron
RonDoc_Holliday
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Isen't that the same helmet?
https://www.weitze.net/detail/44/Deutsches_Reich_Pickelhaube_Modell_1915_fuer_Offiziere_der_Ostasiatischen_Besatzungsbrigade__174344_e.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.weitze.net/detail/44/Deutsches_Reich_Pickelhaube_Modell_1915_fuer_Offiziere_der_Ostasiatischen_Besatzungsbrigade__174344_e.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;