Original German WWI Prussian M1915 Pickelhaube Spiked Helmet - Maker Marked Beretta This Zulu Knobkierie is a

This Zulu Knobkierie is a very fine example of clearly an important Zulu officer that no doubt some young trooper has found on the battle field that he then told all his friends that he had personally dealt with

Since IMA acquired the last of all the known helmet stocks from the Finnish government we received a vast amount of the German WW2 marked helmets

The rear inside brim is has a hand painted kanji characters that we are not able to translate

earned with "the airborne" in Holland---on a dangerous and difficult shopping tour

remained in enemy hands

Original German WWI Prussian M1915 Pickelhaube Spiked Helmet - Maker Marked Beretta This Zulu Knobkierie is aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good condition Imperial Prussian enlisted man's pickelhaube. The M1915 was the last model of Pickelhaube issued prior to the move to steel helmets. In accordance with the 1915 regulations these helmets would no longer would use brass, silver, or Tombak as the M1895 did. All issued Pickelhaube would now use grey oxidized steel fittings for all Regiments. This helmet features a steel frontplate (wappen), and