unusual bavarian
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weirdpyramid
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A Obersten in Generalstellung pickelhaube. Very cool! and very unusual looking.
joerookery
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I have never seen one of these outside of the books. Thank you for posting this. Nice! :thumb up: Don't even have a picture.
ww1czechlegion
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I've never seen one of these outside the pages of books either.
An incredibly beautiful helmet, congratulations!
It's a model 1886 helmet, and was worn like this up until 1898, I believe.
Yes, it's all silver fittings configured.
There's another example shown on page 73 of "Deutsche Offiziershelme 1870-1918" Band I, which is in the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt.
If anyone does not have this 2-volume book set in their library, I highly recommend them.
Best Regards,
Alan
An incredibly beautiful helmet, congratulations!
It's a model 1886 helmet, and was worn like this up until 1898, I believe.
Yes, it's all silver fittings configured.
There's another example shown on page 73 of "Deutsche Offiziershelme 1870-1918" Band I, which is in the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt.
If anyone does not have this 2-volume book set in their library, I highly recommend them.
Best Regards,
Alan
weirdpyramid
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ww1czechlegion said:
yep, that is(i think) the only picture of one of these, at least in good detail, maybe in a old Kube book possibly but I would need to spend some time looking and I am lazy. :study:
What a wonderful helmet, would love to have that one.
James
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poniatowski
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All I can say is, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, NICE!" And... Congrats on a great helmet! What does the liner look like? 
Ron
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3littleweasels
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WOW! Fabulous rare piece! I assume the frontplate is of 2 piece construction?-King
