Tin Hat of a different sort....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

 

am I right in thinking this is a metal Picklehaube?

[Bayern]

Yes ,there were metal pickelhaubes called ersatz , this one appears to be the one piece stamped model others were in three pieces , some were black lacquered anothers field grey the material was iron sheet 2 mm thick as maximum .Colonels J articles are the best online about pickelhaubes try in www pickelhauben net