Pickelhaube

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Hello gentlemen
I'd like to show you a pickelhaube that I found in Paris a few years ago, hoping that it isn't a fake!!!
What do you think about?










Have a good day gentlemen!

[BryanD]

It appears to be war time haub. The steel removable spike and other steel parts look to have been rusted and steel wool cleaned. I am pretty sure the chin strap is a modern replacement. It also has 2 prussian kockards on the chinstrap posts. It should have a national colors one on the right side of the helmet.
It is real it has been played with by some one that really doesn't know anything about picklehaubs.

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....It is real it has been played with by some one that really doesn't know anything about picklehaubs.

...just like me, unfortunately...
Thanks a lot for your reply Mr. BryanD.

[Maple Creek]

nice

Hi Marco, I agree with Bryan that the steel parts look like they have been polished with steel wool, which is too bad. The cockades look possibly original and I think the chinstrap has a chance of being original. It's a little hard to tell. If you can find a good national colors cockade to replace the duplicate Prussian cockade, then this would be a fairly nice, basically original piece. Congratulations and welcome to the Imperial militaria field!

Regards,

Mark D.

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Thanks a lot Mr. Mark D.
There is something that I could do to recover the steel parts polished?

[Maple Creek]

leave it

There is really nothing that you can do to correct the polishing. I'd just leave it as it is. It displays nicely.

Cheers,

Mark D.

Thanks a lot Mr. Mark D.
There is something that I could do to recover the steel parts polished?