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As I have been writing about pickelhaube helmets seven weeks in row I figured I could keep up the helmet theme a little longer... So, here is a rather standard…

I have for the last six weeks been on a pickelhaube theme, as you will have noticed. And, kept the best for last as for this theme to go out…

This beautiful pickelhaube still has its original box, a solid and luxurious case with a leather strap for carrying, and lined with fine silk. This was not cheap when it…

Well, I started on a pickelhaube theme four weeks ago, and therefore I wil keep on that track for a few weeks longer. Though really invented in Russia, and used…

Here is a rather peculiar pickelhaube, in several ways.First of all, it is made of cardboard. I did not know this when I bought it, I did not realize that…

I have written about quite a few ersatz items already, so will not repeat all about the why’s and when’s about ersatz production. However, once again: The ersatz production was…

Now, this is not my most well preserved or most valuable pickelhaube, but still I like it a lot, as it is what it is.It is an M1895 pickelhaube, all…