Prussian ersatz pickelhaube

[verdun16]

Dear Friends
I want show you this interesting Prussian ersatz pickelhaube. Overall good condition , I love it.
Others helmets will come soon.
All the best
Gianluca

 

[Westfront]

Very nice ersatz helmet i love it to :thumb up: .

 

[stuka f]

Me too!
;-)

 

[Adler]

An excellent find! This model isn't easy to encounter!

Adler

 

[edwin]

Great haube and thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Edwin

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Hi Gianluca,

Very nice condition, and a hard to find helmet! Congratulations on this great find! :bravo:

I used to have one of these (not quite as nice as yours) that I had acquired for $75, from the late Ted Lagerstrom in 1988, at the old Fort Dodge gun show. After I was broken into and robbed back in 1992, I sold it, along with almost my entire collection within a year's time.

I'll see if I can dig out some photos of what mine looked like. Mine had a faded cloth ID label for the soldier inside the forehead area of the liner.

All the Best,

Alan

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very nice find, here is a quick pic of mine, left is a Cork example, right is cloth covered like yours.

Hard to find, Congrats!.

James

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Here's the one I used to have. I can only find 3-pictures of it currently. I'm not sure where the others are packed away. I should see if the guy I sold it to still has it or not. I've actually been able to buy back a couple of the helmets I used to have, from when I sold things off after being robbed more than 20-years ago.

Believe it or not when I bought it, the cloth was so dirty that I had it dry cleaned by a local mom and pop shop. And the body was pushed in on top. I steamed it out with a tea kettle and re-shaped it. It came out pretty nice.

I don't know if anyone can read the label inside the liner or not, it's fairly faded out.

All the Best,

Alan

 

[verdun16]

Another ersatz helmet , cork cloth covered type
Not in the same new conditions as James example but nice and original.
all the best
Gianluca

 

[b.loree]

Alan, is that an oil cloth liner on your helmet?

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Hi Brian,

Yes, it is an oil cloth liner in my former helmet.

I wish that I could lay my hands on the other photos I have of the helmet and liner, but I don't know where they are packed away at the moment.

All the Best,

Alan

 

[poniatowski]

Nice helmets all! Thanks for sharing.

Ron

 

[argonne]

I don't know if anyone can read the label inside the liner or not, it's fairly faded out.

I can only read "Landsturmmann", "Komp." and further "II Landsturm Inf. Batt."

Philippe