How creative...

[pointystuff]

http://cgi.ebay.com/PRE-WWI-PRUSSIAN-LEATHER-INFANTRY-HELMET-PICKELHAUB-/360386079468?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e8af2aec" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[b.loree]

Christ, what a beater!!!!

 

[09fritz2547]

"The majority of our items are American made". I couldn't say it better.

Johan

 

[Khukri]

See you later alligator ! :^o

Francis

 

[edwin]

Even my cats were laughing out loud when they saw this one on my screen

Regards,

Edwin

 

[RON]

Pickelhaubenstein?? :thumbsdown:

 

[poniatowski]

:-? :-? :-? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


\/ [-( Ron

 

[weirdpyramid]

and it is going up in PRICE!!! ](*,)

 

[ebeeby]

Pickelhaubenstein?? :thumbsdown:

"That's PicklehaubenSTEEN"

 

[pointystuff]

$480 is a pretty steep price to pay for being poorly informed. Think of all the reference books that could've bought... ](*,)

 

[poniatowski]

Pickelhaubenstein?? :thumbsdown:

"That's PicklehaubenSTEEN"

LOL!!!! Maybe the spike moves from side to side.

Okay, so started as a.... fire helmet? Rear visor stitched on with the new liner??? Yes, I agree Ron, 'Pickelhaubenstein, steen, stone...."
Time for some Ovaltine! Where's my lab assistant... I'd like to have an intellectual conversation.

Ron

 

[pointystuff]

Here comes another $710 Haubenstein, Frank N. Steen, or something like that...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRUSSIAN-LEATHER-INFANTRY-HELMET-PICKELHAUB-c-1907-/250879026547?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a698e2573" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The visor part might be from a fire helmet.

It's really strange how the bidders will plunk down big bucks for something that is so ludicrous, so obviously bogus....apparently believing that it's "original" because the seller makes the claim. ](*,)

 

[pointystuff]

But wait...there's more:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRE-WWI-PRUSSIAN-UHLAN-TSCHAPKA-FIELD-COVER-HELMET-/250878996173?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a698daecd" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Somewhere a pharmacist is missing a mortar, and a couple of wooden screen doors are missing their hooks.
Check out the comfortable Hussar busby style liner and the extra-large visor for protecting the eyes from glare while on patrol.
Don't miss the opportunity to own an Apotheker Tschapka....uke:

 

[RON]

I COME IN PEACE...

How come this Brian (be good) seller still has 100% feedback?! Someone ought to report him... :x

 

[pointystuff]

The eBay site supposedly doesn't police authenticity of items marked as original.
However, a dealer at a recent show said that eBay ended his auction of what he had described as a Confederate fighting knife because they determined it wasn't actually a Confederate item.
Education remains the best solution to avoiding an item that doesn't measure up, I guess.

 

[b.loree]

Yes....fireman helmet with repro liner stitched in so both visors have been restitched as well.

 

[RON]

Here's Pickelhaubenstein's little brother:
http://www.militaryantiques.co.uk/showpagec.ihtml?cat=319&jump=2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(check out Item 161 at the bottom; same nasty shape isn't it?)