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Peter_Suciu said:That is an interesting helmet. I have long wondered exactly "how" the spike itself became so popular across Europe and the Middle East apparently at the same time. There is the argument that the Russians can be credited with starting the spike trend, which the Prussians adopted and their (Prussian) military success led others to follow. I'm not really sure I buy that entirely as the spike as appeared in India at about the same time it appeared in Russia.
I am of the opinion it sort of came out of Persia to Russia and India, and both the British and Russians were taken by it. The spike had a mystique from the east and travelled to the west as a fashion statement.
poniatowski said:Maybe the spike was a way of making it appear as if an army had more weapons than it was actually carrying. The spikes on the tips of spears / pikes, then the ones on the helmets increased the 'forest of weapons' facing an opponent. Of course they could have been decorative or an indication that the person wearing this on their head was also 'spiritually' a warrior. It is indeed an interesting question.
Ron