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    Police Helmet?

    I just bought a spiked helmet that I think is police circa 1900. It looks like a customs official with the small ball tippped fluted spike on a round base but on the center of the eagles breast is what looks like a small Brandenburg coat of arms. Since all the experts are here I hope some one can point me in the right direction. Thanks, Fred
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    Originally posted by Fred Borgmann View Post
    I just bought a spiked helmet that I think is police circa 1900. It looks like a customs official with the small ball tippped fluted spike on a round base but on the center of the eagles breast is what looks like a small Brandenburg coat of arms. Since all the experts are here I hope some one can point me in the right direction. Thanks, Fred
    Here is a scan of the eagle
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      Originally posted by Fred Borgmann View Post
      Here is a scan of the eagle
      Closer study with a magnifing glass shows the center shield to be divided in to 4 sections with the center divider strong thus it must be the Hohenzollern arms and a regular post 1888 eagle.

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        I believe most of your police headgear of the pre-WWI period would have plates reflecting the arms of the respective kingdoms, principalities or city states. This Imperial eagle would probably be most suitable on a helmet of the Reichs-Gendarmerie of Alsass-Lothringen. Can you provide an image of the entire helmet? I will verify by checking Radecke's volume I of German police insignia.

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          Thanks Joe, I don't have a camera but the scans turned out better than I expected.
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