parts Tschapka

[pointystuff]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-GERMAN-or-PRUSSIAN-PICKLEHAUBE-UHLAN-TSCHAPKA-UNLANEN-LANCER-CAP/121855310856?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3Dd207345973bc454781d905ec0d7aad1c%26pid%3D100085%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D231803430609%26clkid%3D2435800751997163865&_qi=RTM2247626" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It looks like this used to be a private-purchase helmet made in segments, but it appears to have an enlisted Pickelhaube visor on it, along with some EM Kokarden and a set of infantry officer scales.
The plate may be from a dragoon officer helmet. The eagle's head seems to have been broken off and stuck back on; it looks like the bird has a nail hole in it, too.

A sad end for a Tschapka.

 

[poniatowski]

Looks like the visor is folded over as is proper, but then sewn through. I woud agree though that the trim is probably from an EM helmet. What a mess.

Ron

 

[pointystuff]

One of Kaiser Wilhelm II's Tschapkas may have had exposed stitching on the visor, come to think of it.
There may also be one in a collection in Japan.