Pickelhaube
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern A
SKU: AH6150LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern B
SKU: AH6151LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern C
SKU: AH6152LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern D
SKU: AH6153LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern E
SKU: AH6154LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern F
SKU: AH6155LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern G
SKU: AH6156LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern 8
SKU: AH6157LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern, Alternate Fittings
SKU: AH6036LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects an alternate set of metal fittings, part of the wide variation found across the many German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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This Pickelhaube reflects the pattern worn by Prussian Cuirassier (Kürassier) regiments, the elite heavy cavalry of the Imperial German Army, in 1889. Cuirassier regiments carried particular prestige within the German military hierarchy, and their equipment, including helmet fittings, was typically finished to a correspondingly higher standard than standard infantry issue. This variant reflects the genuine detail differences found among surviving Cuirassier-pattern helmets from unit to unit and manufacturer to manufacturer.
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This Pickelhaube reflects the pattern worn by Prussian Cuirassier (Kürassier) regiments, the elite heavy cavalry of the Imperial German Army, in 1889. Cuirassier regiments carried particular prestige within the German military hierarchy, and their equipment, including helmet fittings, was typically finished to a correspondingly higher standard than standard infantry issue. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Standard Leather Pattern
SKU: AH6035LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This standard pattern reflects the essential Pickelhaube form worn broadly across the Imperial German Army before the helmet's 1916 replacement by the steel Stahlhelm. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
