Hessian top?

[pointystuff]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW-I-German-Fluted-Officers-Brass-Spike-for-Helmet-Pickelhaube-/400397820644?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3991e2e4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Isn't this a Hessian fluted top stuck on an ordinary round officer base?

 

[JR92]

Hello,

I think you are right

 

[Khukri]

Hessian....?
:-k

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/hp/spikes.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'd say...the rare Mecklemburg-Schwerin fluted spike on round base plate.
I think the "cut-off" of the Hessian fluted spike tip should be a bit higher: at the beginning of the grooves.

Rgds,
Francis

 

[pointystuff]

Like this?

http://www.craiggottlieb.com/catalog/primary/5205p.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Khukri]

No.
This is a pîcture of a helmet with a squared visor: Dragoner. Which is an exception on the "fluted spike/round base"-combination.
Rgds,
Francis