Amybellars
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Haven't studied it thoroughly.
Two sets of holes, someone cut a side for the guard and the guard plate has been there for a long while.
The hole punch at the two of the liner fingers is interesting.
aicusv said:Are you going to leave any helmets out there for the rest of us?
SkipperJohn said:Congratulations Amy!
I saw one of these once, many years ago, but did not buy it.
It was in the days before the internet and some "expert" told me that they never used stitched leather around the bottom edge of a felt or cloth Pickelhaube.
I could kick myself for believing some of the advice I heard in the past.
The words never and always don't apply very well in this hobby --- there are "always" exceptions!
John :bravo: :bravo: :bravo:
SkipperJohn said:// It was in the days before the internet and some "expert" told me that they never used stitched leather around the bottom edge of a felt or cloth Pickelhaube. //
Tony without Kaiser said:SkipperJohn said:// It was in the days before the internet and some "expert" told me that they never used stitched leather around the bottom edge of a felt or cloth Pickelhaube. //
I would agree with that person who told you that John. The fakes use leather to imitate the trim on cloth covered felt Ersatz Pickehauben which, like Amy's, is trimmed around the circumference in coated oilcloth. Never leather.
Have a close look at the trim on mine >> http://www.kaisersbunker.com/feldgrau/helmets/fgh44.htm
SkipperJohn said:// Since I do not have one in my hands, and after looking closely at the photos on this post and your website, I am not sure that I could tell the difference between leather and oilcloth. I have a Bing Ersatz that appears to have an oilcloth liner, but it is still hard for me to differentiate. How can you tell just by looking whether it's leather or cloth?
SkipperJohn said:// Another question --- was an oilcloth trim ever used on a standard (not cloth covered) felt Pickelhaube? //