no top Tschapka

[pointystuff]

No top and a big opening bid...
http://cgi.ebay.com/German-WWI-Leather-Helmet_W0QQitemZ180254641286QQihZ008QQcategoryZ156395QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Brad

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Does not know what it is, so it must be worth a ton?????

 

[pointystuff]

Does not know what it is, so it must be worth a ton?????

Good point.

I remember seeing a Model 1915 Pickelhaube in an antique store
back in 1985. By the price, they must've suspected it was the Kaiser's personal helmet.

B

 

[911car]

A Tschapka mortarboard is virtually impossible to find as a separate part. Jan Kube told me once he had never seen one in his whole career.