Original Ww1 Prussian Officer Ersatz Sheet Steel Pickelhaube Helmet & Chin Strap
This is a WW1 Original Prussian Officer's Ersatz Sheet Steel Pickelhaube Helmet By Bing with Infantryman's Helmet Plate and complete with Leather Liner. Bing or Gebrüder Bing ("Bing brothers") was a German toy company founded in 1863 in Nurenberg, Germany by two brothers, Ignaz Bing and Adolf Bing, originally producing metal kitchen utensils, but best remembered for its extensive lines of model trains and live steam engines. The early Russian type (known as "The Helmet of Yaroslav Mudry") was also used by cavalry, which had used the spike as a holder for a horsehair plume in full dress, a practice also followed with some Prussian models. All helmets produced for the infantry before and during 1914 were made of leather.
As the war progressed, Germany's leather stockpiles dwindled. After extensive imports from South America, particularly Argentina, the German government began producing ersatz Pickelhauben made of other materials.
In 1915, some Pickelhauben began to be made from thin sheet steel. However, the German high command needed to produce an even greater number of helmets, leading to the usage of pressurized felt and even paper to construct Pickelhauben. This Pickelhaube is made from pressed thin sheet steel and has a glossy-black finish. It has a rolled edge finish. It has a slightly squared peak and neck protector.It has a metal spike at the crown. Early versions had a high crown, but the height gradually was reduced and the helmet became more fitted in form, in a continuing process of weight-reduction and cost-saving.
The crown has a circular plate with three domed split pins and one brass screw bolt to fix it to the helmet. It has two brass fixings, one either side for the chin strap to secured to.It has a WW1 steel Imperial German, other ranks Prussian Infantry Pickelhaube Helmet plate which is secured through three helmet plate loops on the inside. Inside the helmet it has a black leather headband. This is a very nice original, untouched example of a pressed steel infantryman's Pickelhaube helmet. The item "ORIGINAL WW1 PRUSSIAN OFFICER ERSATZ SHEET STEEL PICKELHAUBE HELMET & CHIN STRAP" is in sale since Thursday, January 26, 2017.
This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Helmets/ Hats".militaria" and is located in Stockport, Cheshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Clothing Type: Helmets/ Hats
- Era: 1816-1913
- Service: Army
- Type: Uniform/ Clothing
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Country/ Organization: Russia