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[Spiker]

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[CLOVIS 57]

Hello,
This helmet is a P.B.21 de Nassau helmet (A.K.XVIII in 1914), made before April 1915. All the fittings were in nickel silver, including the side-post and the front eyelets. On the M95s, as here, the inner liner was made of basane (fine leather) varnished in black, unlike the helmets made in 1915 which had a natural leather liner.
Here, this helmet has been ‘partially’ recycled as an M15. Only the tip and eagle have been replaced.
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[argonne]

The very last M95 helmets were made at the beginning of 1915. They are looking exactly the same as the pre-war M95 helmets, including the black liner.
This PB helmet is one of these. Further, the marking RBA 18 is the sign of a wartime fabrication. The Wappen and the spike base are obviously a later addition, late 1915 or 1916...

Here is one of my M95 helmets, a JR45, produced 1915.
Philippe

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Yes, I can confirm what Philippe says. I've corrected my previous post, I misspoke. I meant to say, ‘before the new M15 model of April 1915 (matt iron-grey trim). So this helmet, dated 1915, was produced under the qualities of the M95, nickel silver trimmings, black varnished basane cap, between January and April 15 at the earliest. . The retractable tip on the grey-steel ventilation ‘button’ dates from the AKO of September 1915, so this helmet is an M95 partially modified M15.
This is not a criticism, but an explanation. Fully ‘recycled’ M95 M15 helmets are common. Those that have not been totally ‘transformed’ are rarer. But under the helmet cover, you couldn't see anything.