My only question is... Why?

poniatowski

poniatowski

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So, why do this to a helmet? Anybody know of a function?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-IMPERIAL-GERMAN-ARMY-HELMET-SHELL-UNUSUAL-CONVERSION/162831144523?_trkparms=aid%3D777003%26algo%3DDISCL.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44040%26meid%3Df12659dc5eee43c39b4f28c386aad6b6%26pid%3D100013%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D173044544432&_trksid=p2047675.c100013.m1986" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


:D Ron
 
my guess is they tried to make some kind of Roman helmet out of it or some other type with a visor...

Kids...

James
 
I believe that this had some sort of functional design. At the end of the war these helmets were readily available, cheap, and meaningless to most people so they were often modified to perform other functions. I had a friend who collected only re-purposed helmets. He had the familiar coal scuttle, a couple of flower pots (one with four screw posts welded to the top so it could be set on a porch rather than hung), a couple of buckets (one had the liner and vent holes welded shut and was used to mix paint), various tractor part modifications, and numerous garden tools. Some of these modifications were actually quite ingenious.
This helmet may have been cut back to be used as a welders helmet or as some sort of tool.

John :)
 
This steel isn't easy to cut and I think both Peter and Brian might have a point. Perhaps somebody wanted to try to make a medieval sallet out of it and found that the reality wasn't as good as the idea. Not easy steel to work with!

:D Ron
 
Peter_Suciu said:
Someone tried to make a "visorless" "Turkish" helmet and went overboard!
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This is an example of the ultra rare Turkish square dip helmet.
 
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