Prussian Infantry M1915 Officer Pickelhaube

[edwin]

Excellent helmet and I am sure that it is a great addition to your collection.

Best regards :wave:

Edwin

 

[poniatowski]

=D> =D> =D> =D> looks great!

Ron

 

[Spiker]

Very nice helmet indeed! =D> Congratulations!

 

[RON]

 

[RON]

Hello everyone. I dug in my archives here and found the post about my one and only M1915 Prussian officer haube. As you can see, it has a few peculiarities:
1. It is made of vulcanfiber instead of real leather—this particular maker made these as such and the advantage is that the shell remains in great condition shape wise with virtually no crazing to its surface
2. The M1915 spike is screw off (as opposed to the more common twist off “bayonet type”)
3. The cockades don’t come off (the more common M15 had these removable too for camouflage purposes—the idea was for officers to “blend in” with the crowd in case they were picked up by enemy snipers—but then again they hid their helmets under Überzugs so the cockades were hidden too and the very efficient manufacturer must have thought what the heck, let’s save some money and leave them the old non-removable style) (see further down for a photo of the helmet dismantled).

 

[Sandmann]

Great photos, thank you for sharing

 

[RON]

Photos of the M15 features of this helmet:

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Thank you Ron for these beautiful photos. Everything is superb.
Regarding the M15 officer roundels for side posts, I have already explained myself often on French forums:
2 scenarios:
---The removable 19mm large center hole M15 model.
---The M71/15 model, with a small central hole but with a horizontal widening to be stitched between the side post and the leather of the shell.