wandering_ronin
New member
Hello all! I was directed to this forum from another board. I do not know if this is the right place, but my request does involve a picklehaube. 
I am an exhibits curator with the MS Dept of Archives and History, and each month we try to do a very small exhibit in the lobby of the Archives building. I am responsible for the exhibit in July. We have a few WW1 helmets in our collection, and I was thinking of showing a pickelhaube and a stahlhelm with a small amount of text about the two. Nothing major.
I am not a WW1 guy, but I had heard or read someplace about the spikes on the pickelhauben making excellent aiming points for the enemy. What I would like to do is find a documented quote from an allied soldier saying that he did just that. Does anyone have such a quote in any of their research materials? I would also need the bibliographical documentation of the source for my records (in case anyone were to question my work).
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!
John
I am an exhibits curator with the MS Dept of Archives and History, and each month we try to do a very small exhibit in the lobby of the Archives building. I am responsible for the exhibit in July. We have a few WW1 helmets in our collection, and I was thinking of showing a pickelhaube and a stahlhelm with a small amount of text about the two. Nothing major.
I am not a WW1 guy, but I had heard or read someplace about the spikes on the pickelhauben making excellent aiming points for the enemy. What I would like to do is find a documented quote from an allied soldier saying that he did just that. Does anyone have such a quote in any of their research materials? I would also need the bibliographical documentation of the source for my records (in case anyone were to question my work).
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!
John
