German Pickelhaubes | Militaria Auction Lot Preview

Our Militaria Specialist, Matthew, talks us through some of the Pickelhaube lots that are listed in our upcoming Fine Arms, Armour & Militaria Auction and what to look for when buying German Pickelhaube helmets. View all the lots mentioned in more detail over on our website: bid.candtauctions.co.uk/m/vie...
This online auction commences from 10:30am on Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th February 2023... You can bid in this auction over on the C&T website or the Saleroom.com
Apologies for the out of focus camera footage for the majority of Matthew talking! We realised too late that it wasn't quite in focus... we'll do better next time!

[@robnewman6101]

Wow.

[@brittakriep2938]

German here , Brittas boyfriend. At first, the helmet was called offially, Helm mit Spitze', not Pickelhaube- pickaxe Hood. This helmets had been used by Line infantry and Dragons, especially by Active troops , Reserve (young men), and parts of Landwehr ( midage men) and Landsturm ( older men), other part of Landwehr and Landsturm used like Jäger ( light infantry) and ,technical troops' the Tschako. Helme mit Spitze had been also used by armed forces of civilian Administration: Police, Border Guards or Tax collectors. Also by communal Personal: Firemen and Amtsdiener/ town criers. The ball on artillry helmets should prevent the guncrew from accidents. And: At early stages of wwl sometimes the Brass parts of helmets ( including Tschako or Tschapka from Ulanen/ lancers) had only been painted with not shining paint, according to a No more existing Museum , i visited decades ago.

[@grantsmilitaryhistoryc8875]

I just got a 53rd Saxon reserve with cover I learned a lot from this video thanks

[@candtauctioneers]

So glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@freeman8128]

The plural of 'pickelhaube' is PICKELHAUBEN. Pronounced 'PickelHOWben'.

[@AdamMann3D]

how-beh. It's pronounced "how-beh"

[@brittakriep2938]

Ger

[@brittakriep2938]

Ger