Help Identifying this Pickelhabue

stephenp

stephenp

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I just visited my East Prussian Aunt. She gave me this Pickelhaube, which she purchased in an antique shop in California. I'm having trouble identifying it because of the fluted spike. I cannot seem to find a Prussian pickelhaube with that spike. It is in rough shape and is missing pieces. It seems off.

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This one seems a pieced together one, on the inside you see that it once had a kreuzblatt, on the outside a round spikebase is fitted. The visor is also not a round one, but square edged. In my opinion a parts helmet. I can be wrong though..
 
coert65 said:
This one seems a pieced together one, on the inside you see that it once had a kreuzblatt, on the outside a round spikebase is fitted. The visor is also not a round one, but square edged. In my opinion a parts helmet. I can be wrong though..
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Helmet completely cobbled together. Practically nothing to recover. The rear spine isn’t good, nor is the tip; it looks like a tip of an M86 Bavarian welded onto an "adjustable" M15 base...
 
coert65 said:
This one seems a pieced together one, on the inside you see that it once had a kreuzblatt, on the outside a round spikebase is fitted. The visor is also not a round one, but square edged. In my opinion a parts helmet. I can be wrong though..
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You're right, Coert. This pickelhaube has so many flaws that it's not worth repairing. The brass parts are painted with oil paint, and it's unclear what's underneath.
 
CLOVIS 57 said:
Helmet completely cobbled together. Practically nothing to recover. The rear spine isn’t good, nor is the tip; it looks like a tip of an M86 Bavarian welded onto an "adjustable" M15 base...
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You are right @CLOVIS 57 , I also saw that spikebase, which was originally for a removable spike. A parts helmet.
 
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