1916 Spike Helmet with Extras - ID & Which Spike?

[Skip Pickett]

Hello everyone:
Recently I bought a fairly large batch of stuff from the Veteran's now elderly daughter. She had packed his stuff away upon his death some 30+ years ago and just now found this helmet and some other items as she starts to "down size" to a retirement community.

This helmet is not my area of interest and I need to recover after buying this batch… So, which "spike" should go on this type of helmet. The ball seems to "match" better and the condition is better… but, I want to put the correct one on the helmet. It's nice to have options I guess!

Also photo'ed is the bulk of the other German bits that came in the lot, maybe they will lend a clue to which spike is correct?

Thanks, Skip

[Skip Pickett]

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[C. Roelens]

Skip,

Is there a Unit marking inside the rear visor? If so, what is it... that will help determine the correct spike. The smalls are very common and do not add much value to this lot. Nice M15 Prussian enlisted pickelhaube.

Chuck

[Skip Pickett]

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Other than a "58" in the dome, this is the only markings I can find….

[C. Roelens]

It's Field Artillery, so the ball spike would be correct for this helmet.

Chuck

[timp_be]

Hello.

Your helmet is marked from an artillery regiment (FAR = feld artillery rgt), so it's the ball the right "spike".

Nice helmet.

Best regards

timp_be

[Alfred.R]

looks to be from foot Artillery regiment ,so you need the spike in the midlle

[Larry Stewart]

The inkstamp looks to read FAR , Field (or Foot) Artillery Regiment followed by a very blurred regiment number. The ball would be correct for your helmet. Looks like a nice little lot right out of the woods

[timp_be]

At the same time than Chuck...

It's for field artillery, marking for foot artillery is (normally) "Fs" for Fuss.

[ww1czechlegion]

Nice find from the family! Congratulations!

If I was to guess what Field Artillery unit, I would guess #44 from the ink stamp. I can see what looks like a _ 4, for the last digit, and the first digit is probably a number "4" as well. It's my understanding that the U.S. troops got into a warehouse that contained a large inventory of Field Artillery Regiment 44 helmets. I've seen several of them marked to the 44th Reg't over the years. They're the most commonly found unit marked enlisted pattern wartime artillery helmet to be found in the USA.

I am interested in buying the fluted spike if you decide that you're not going to keep it. I have a use for it on a wartime gray metal trimmed Bavarian Dragoon helmet.

Best Regards,

Alan

[Tony Robinson]

Hello.

Your helmet is marked from an artillery regiment (FAR = feld artillery rgt), so it's the ball the right "spike".

Nice helmet.

Best regards

timp_be

Sir in period photographs I see artillery personal with spike sometime with ball what is correct regulation I do not know and cofused? rgds

[timp_be]

The bavarian artillery used helmets with a spike until 1916, it must be the explanation.

Best regards

timp_be