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vongoeben

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Hi All,
I would like to put together a REPRO private purchase pickelhauben together for use in my pre-WW1 living history impression.
I know i am about to open a can of worms but could some body
please tell me ruffly what i can and cant do for the dizzy hights of an
Unteroffizier of a line infantry regiment.

All the best, John :)
 
John, that is not really a can of worms. An Unteroffizier of a line infantry regiment could buy pretty much anything and wear anything except for any item that was officer related. So on the helmet it would be entirely enlisted. My comment would probably be why? These guys did not make very much money at all. Buying a pickelhaube was very expensive, and while they could be given as gifts, that was mostly above the income class of Unteroffiziere. I think this individual would concentrate on an issue helmet, which from the outside could look the same as a privately purchased helmet.
 
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