Help needed to ID Pickelhaube

[Buvona]

Can anyone help me identify the pickelhaube this man was wearing at a funeral held in Germany in September 1917? I believe it might be a civil servant's type (such as a policeman's?). Thanks in advance for responses!

 

[Rkinkade]

I believe you are correct with the civil servant family. It appears to have a mini-ball on the spike tip, similar to one in my photo. The wappen looks more like the one in my other photo.

Ron

 

[John Josef]

What fantastic bullion embroidery on his collar for a civil servent also that black band at the cuff looks almost like a black mourning armband of some sort but it also looks like it could be part of the cuff.

Those two things draw my eye, very interesting for sure.

 

[Buvona]

Thanks so much for responding so quickly. It really is a unique, interesting outfit. If it turns out to be a civil servant uniform, I will know exactly who it was. I am hoping that we can confirm that the man was a Hauptmann in the Polizeidienstgebaeude (Building/Construction Police) in Berlin. I didn't want to influence anyone with that information at first...but I'm now hoping that someone can confirm it.
Thanks again!

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[Buvona]

By the way, Rkinkade, you have two really nice, presumably somewhat rare Pickelhaubes in your collection!

 

[b.loree]

In my opinion, it is a Wurttemberg fire officer helmet that is shown in the period photo. This is also the helmet shown in Rkinkade's left hand picture.

 

[poniatowski]

Here's another... from Rhineland, looks like post WWI without a crown, orb or scepter? Kofferhelm type with removable spike. I've seen a couple of these with the same wappen and crest. Wouldn't the horse on the crest in Rkinkade's be Westphalia, now linked with Rhineland?

Cheers!

Ron