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    Flammenwerfer! Flames, skulls and stuff


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    According to K.-G. Klietmann, such a prototype helmet did exist at the Zeughaus in Berlin.

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    Yup. It was allegedly ordered on June 6, 1916. Every time I see a period photo of a Guard Pioneer wearing a Pickelhaube, I look closely to see if there's that little Brunswick skull. No luck yet.

    Maybe someday I'll find a photo of a guy wearing a Guard Pioneer Pickelhaube with a Brunswick skull and a sleeve badge with a black Prussian skull.

    Can you imagine the bidding war on eBay?

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    Non-regulation FW skulls here? .................

    Metal?

    Really hard to say. Can't tell if they have oval cloth backing patches or not. The regulation officers' badge was embroidered from silver bullion. It would be a huge hassle to embroider a skull directly onto a sleeve. Plus, the officer would have to give up his tunic while it was being embroidered. They may indeed be non-regulation metal skulls.

    At any rate, the position so high on the sleeve indicates that the two men are veterans of Sturmbataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr).

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