HEY! Look what I found!

[poniatowski]

It's the Bavarian helmet missing its fluted spike!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Bavarian-Dragoon-EM-WWI-Spiked-Pickelhaube-Helmet-/290525873465?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a4b10539

Here's the Pick's.com link:


PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject: fluted spike
http://cgi.ebay.com/WWI-GERMAN-ENLISTED-GRAY-TRIM-SPIKE-HELMET100-ORIGINAL-/290524285306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a498c97a


Ron

 

[poniatowski]

I contacted Brentsantiques about the spikes. Maybe they came from the same seller before these ebay sellers got it. Who knows.... a bit too much of a co-incidence, I think.
I'll keep you posted on this one. It's interesting, at least to me.

Ron