Spiked Helmets....

[Trooper_D]

Few of mine........

and a few more...

Wonderful helms, Dante. Would it be possible, as a great educational aid for newbies like me, to post a list just briefly describing each, please?

[Adler 1]

Beautiful spikers!

Adler 1

[dante]

Done

Edited February 24, 2014 by dante

[Trooper_D]

Done

Thank you very much, Dante, much appreciated!

[Adler 1]

Maybe this thread needs some extra input... Here are a few more pickelhauben...

 

Adler 1

 

[Chris Boonzaier]

Those are some world class items!

[dante]

Seconded, top collection

[Chris Liontas]

Wonderful collection!  Love it! 

 

  Question though.  What is the Cuirassier armor that is painted black?  I have seen them in gold, but not black.  Is that a specific unit?  Also what unit is your full dark blue (or black) Hussar?? 

[Adler 1]

The black cuirass was used by the Garde du Corps for the yearly spring parade.

 

Adler 1

[Pickelhaube]

I tought i would place 1 of my favorite helmets in this thread. It's a garde dragoner reserve offz helmet.

 This was my 2nd pickelhaube i ever owned and still one of my favorites.

I know the silverwash turned black on some places, but im afraid to clean it because this helmet still has his silverwash.

Greetings

Pickelhaube

 

 

 

[Stuka f]

Very nice.

Here is what I added to the collection lately;

 

[Pickelhaube]

For some reason i like artilleriehauben.

M1915 Prussian marked to FAR 8.

M1895 Baden

M1895 Würtemberg(fake chinstrap)

M1895 Pruissian marked to FAR10

Prussian one year volunteer

Greetings

Pickelhaube

 

 

 

[Stuka f]

Nice helmets!

Love them too.

[Pickelhaube]

here are some bavarians:

artillerie

3rd schwere reiter

Greetings

Pickelhaube

 

[kotva75]

Hey guys,

here are photos of my haube 34th regiment. What is she woth do you think?

[Stuka f]

Hello, sorry to say, but nothing good to thise helmet.

[Mike McLellan]

That's not very encouraging news for a first-time poster. Can you be even more specific? 

[Stuka f]

It must be quiet hard to read, but it is what it is.

And being more specific won't help much....

The form is wrong, the laquer, the finish, the plate,the split pen's...

[kotva75]

Well I am happy for the feed back. But as said Mike - say what specifically is wrong. I am aware of the fact that the shell has been painted. But everthing else I believe to be good. I have bought this from a old colector who had this helmet for decades. So I am pretty sure it is not chinese copy.

Stuka, please, be specific. Thank you. ;-)

[Adler 1]

Indeed sorry to say, but as mentioned before, everything is replica. To be more specific is maybe not easy to explain, but I'll give it a try:

- shape of the helmet is wrong

- colour of the spike is strange

- shape of the entire spike is wrong

- spike retainer plate is to small

- Rivets for the spike are to large and the pins are to thin

- chinstrap is reproduction

- liner has to many tongues

- holes in liner tongues are to large

- shape of the helmet plate is wrong, also look how sloppy the text is put on the bandeau ...

- kokarden are fake and also painted very sloppy

- the way that the visor and neckguard are fixed to the dome is ridiculous

I can even go further with this list, but I don't want to give the fakers all the details... I hope you can understand this.

Please for give me, I absolutely don't want to be rude or offend someone but I can't say it in a nicer way... this helmet is a newly produced fake (it's not even a replica) and it was made to deceive people and get their hard earned money out of their pockets.

Also you have to be aware that pickelhauben (or anything else) in old collections are not necessary original because someone owned them for decades. They were even reproduced in the 60ties and they still are today... Maybe this one isn't from China, maybe it's from India or some other country, it doesn't matter... It stays a fake...

 

Adler 1

[Stuka f]

Thank you Adler, for helping me out.

It is no fun to tell some one that what he proudly shows, in fact is ....rubish.

Like I said before, impossible to be specific on this "item" because everything is wrong.

When somebody shows a apple and says it is a orange....how do you tell him he is wrong.....

 

 

[kotva75]

Thank you guys. I just bought it asi I liked it. I colect something else anyway, so I am not greatly sad about the fact.

And thank you again, now I know for sure! :-)

[Stuka f]

Strange when you say 

On 2017-4-19 at 13:36, kotva75 said:

now I know for sure! :-)

and reading on your ebay add;

 

"I believe to be original, but I can ´t guarantee this "....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prussia-Pickelhaube-Spiked-Helmet-of-the-34-Infantry-Regiment-/292121296302?hash=item4403c93dae:g:utcAAOSwGJlZHU82

[kotva75]

9 minutes ago, Stuka f said:

Strange when you say 

and reading on your ebay add;

 

"I believe to be original, but I can ´t guarantee this "....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prussia-Pickelhaube-Spiked-Helmet-of-the-34-Infantry-Regiment-/292121296302?hash=item4403c93dae:g:utcAAOSwGJlZHU82

I am not declearing it is the original...starting bid 1 USD, forgot to say....

Edited May 22, 2017 by kotva75

[Chris Boonzaier]

59 minutes ago, kotva75 said:

I am not declearing it is the original...starting bid 1 USD, forgot to say....

smells crook to me.....