My Saxon Infantry Officer Pickelhaube

[meme32]

Dear members,


Because i am missed the wonderful Saxon reserve Infantry Officer that Amy purchased last week; I decided to take that one.
I also like it a lot !

 

[meme32]

 

[coert65]

What a beauty! And with the extremely tall spike too. I have a Prussian Infantry officer helemt with a spike like it, also very tall.
A very nice helmet, congratulations!

Regards, Coert.

 

[b.loree]

You did well, amazing condition! That spike shows why regulations were changed to limit the height of that particular fitting.

 

[Amybellars]

Nice. Congrats

 

[meme32]

Thanks a lot, I like that extra long spike !

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

Like the helmet, love the view !

 

[Jeff R]

Wow - that is a spectacular helmet! the Saxon pieces.

 

[michiel]

what a beauty!!

 

[ccj]

Fantastic

 

[Sandmann]

Congratulations Meme, a beautiful helmet

 

[JohnS3rd]

Fantastic Pickelhaube, thank you for sharing!
Congratulations
John

 

[Zebedeus]

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Really a stunning helmet. I love the saxon helmet because of the high spike. This is fine and a quality one. Congrats

 

[Pontiac9999]

My wife likes the view more than the helmet...lol

 

[Reingold]

Very good pickelhaube! Congratulations! And a beautiful view of nature!

Reingold

 

[meme32]

Thanks a lot for your comments, I must admit that we are lucky to live in a nice place with such a view !

 

[PawelGPysz.]

Very nice. I also have one. Though mine has some contemporary details and needs some work. The question is, what threads to use to sew the neck guard?

 

[Amybellars]

Hi Pawel

This saxon has a tall spike which I like but the front visor, I have doubts. Saxon officers have front visors that are more angular rather than round. I am not sure if there is exception made though.

As for the threads, I use black cotton thread that has the same thickness as the original.

Regards
Amy Bellars

 

[Yeohelmetguy]

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... absolutely marvelous helmet... stunning condition... well done!!!

Regards,

David

 

[Sandmann]

Hi Pawel

This saxon has a tall spike which I like but the front visor, I have doubts. Saxon officers have front visors that are more angular rather than round. I am not sure if there is exception made though.

As for the threads, I use black cotton thread that has the same thickness as the original.

Regards
Amy Bellars

Not necessarily Amy. Thus front visor is correct for helmets from 1894 and later.
Until 1894, the clothing regulations state " Vorderschirm mit abgerundeten Ecken" (front visor with rounded corners). From 1894 on, however, Saxon officer helmets were pretty much identical to Prussian officer helmets and the front visor is prescribed "mit stark abgerundeten Ecken" (with strongly rounded corners). Another difference between helmets before 1894 and later is that the visors were attached pointing straight down (like the first helmet).This wasn’t mentioned after 1894 anymore. The regulation from 1872 and 1894 are available online and I have linked them on my website:

• https://historien-kabinett.de/The-history-of-the-pickelhaube-in-the-Saxon-army-from-1867-1918
• https://historien-kabinett.de/Helpful-books-for-spiked-helmet-collectors

I have also clothing regulations for Saxon officers from 1904 and 1912 and they also prescribe the front visors with „strongly rounded corner“. Unfortunately I have not the copyright to make them public.