Portuguese Spiked Helmet

[Peter_Suciu]

I bought this at SOS. It is an M1885 Portuguese infantry regiment helmet. The spike is incorrect, but the price was right.

 

[Steve Nick]

I bought this at SOS. It is an M1885 Portuguese infantry regiment helmet. The spike is incorrect, but the price was right.

I'm in Portugal (Algarve) at the moment. No interest in doing Winter in Canada anymore.

Interesting helmet. I had no idea that these existed, although I shouldn't be surprised. There's a monthly community garage sale event this Sunday. Who knows? One might turn up.

 

[John Josef]

Its new to me and a really cool looking helmet. Congratulations.

 

[Peter_Suciu]

This helmet will be heading to Portugal. It is far rarer than I expected, and a good friend in Portugal collects these. It belongs in his collection.

 

[cptbob]

Nice!

 

[John Josef]

This helmet will be heading to Portugal. It is far rarer than I expected, and a good friend in Portugal collects these. It belongs in his collection.

Very commendable action on your part. Hats off to you sir.

 

[Mike_H]

An example in the Army Museum in Porto

 

[b.loree]

Yet another helmet that I never knew existed.

 

[Mr. Bean]

Really interesting helmet. I was not aware that Portugal used spike helmets. Really nice one

 

[Peter_Suciu]

The Portuguese helmet is now in my good friend Pedro's collection. He was kind enough to share some photos. The top photo is the helmet with the correct spike. He shared some other photos of his helmets.

 

[Peter_Suciu]

Pedro is the foremost authority on Portuguese headgear. He is author of a highly recommended book on Portuguese helmets and other headgear.

COBERTURAS MILITARES PORTUGUESAS 1740-1918​

COBERTURAS MILITARES PORTUGUESAS 1740-1918 by BRANCO, Pedro...

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