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I am making this thread dedicated to my favorite ersatz pickelhauben. Some people refer to them as paper ersatz or even paper maché. Others call them cardboard. Whichever the name, they fascinate me as a substitute material for pickelhauben. Out of all the ersatz materials for them, I have the...

Hey guys. About a few months ago, I made a name change here as this one was just one I’ve used on other online accounts and I’m kinda proud with I this new one I came up with 😁. I’m still waiting for a moderator to approve it. Can anyone help me out? Thank you!

All that’s missing there is its reich cockade. I say that’s a pretty good piece to fill that hole

My thoughts as well, I don’t think the seller realizes he has a very nice kit ersatz haube

Man, that’s a beautiful haube!

From what I can tell, it’s all original paint

Very nice collection!

I’m in that group. The gentleman has an amazing collection of camos. He said this is wartime period since the black line next to the emblem was painted over it. Also, there’s another helmet that has this exact emblem painted with a camouflage pattern

Yeah, I ment as in NEW to my collection.

A helmet I was sorely lacking in my collection, this M18 helmet made by Hermann Weissenburger, purchased straight out of the SOS. Other than the missing half of the chinstrap and some paint loss, this helmet is in excellent condition. Helmet pads are in excellent shape; the liner retains its...

Not specifically. I heard he was from England who wanted to sell his items quickly.

I know who bought this and he lives practically next door to me! I’ll be seeing him in a couple of weekends hopefully and see this remarkable haube

Ah I see now! That a very interesting variant.

What a trio! Is the one on the bottom left a steel one?

You have there a paper/cardboard ersatz pickelhuabe. It is paper and/or cardboard that’s been mixed with glue into a pulp, then shaped and painted over into a haube. They are my favorite ones to collect and I intend to make a separate thread about them soon. Here’s one example I own:

My only felt haube in my collection so far. This Baden one is about as simple as they come by. Whats interesting about this one is something has happened or has been applied to the leather where it has completely stiffened the whole chinstrap. This chinstrap is not going anywhere. The state...

What a birthday gift for me! What started as a hunt for a new case for all of my allied helmets turned into a new case for all of my German helmets. Looking forward to adding some additions in it! My previous case The upgrade!

let’s try this again….

Hey guys. I bought this helmet a few years practically on a whim. I was on a guards helmet kick back then and thought I found a gem. Unfortunately at the time I was going at collecting alone and had little actual knowledge about what to look out for when collecting for helmets in general (I was...

Kinda cheating here, but I didn’t have just one catch the past year, but two: 2 clothed covered ersatz picklehauben