March 2022 Auction Day 1
Lot 30:
Excellent example of a Prussian Army Pickelhaube helmet, complete with all leather pieces in good condition as well as the metal parts with an old patina. It’s an M1891 model for infantry troops.Used but in very good condition. Beautiful, absolutely original thick leather helmet.The Pickelhaube (pl. Pickelhauben; from German: Pickel, lit. ’point’ or ‘pickaxe’, and Haube, lit. ’bonnet’, a general word for "headgear"), also Pickelhelm, is a spiked helmet that was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by Prussian and German military officers, firefighters and police. Although it is typically associated with the Prussian Army, which adopted it in 1842–43.
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