Original Imperial German WWI Unit-Marked Prussian M1895 Line Infantry Pickelhaube Spiked Helmet Converted to M1915 Pickelhaube with Cockades & Chinstrap - Dated 1898 Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns The leather blade buffer washer

The leather blade buffer washer is present

The German Army began to replace the traditional boiled leather Pickelhaube ('spiked helmet') with the Stahlhelm in 1916

Emmanuel Philibert

Lewis of Woodville

Original Imperial German WWI Unit-Marked Prussian M1895 Line Infantry Pickelhaube Spiked Helmet Converted to M1915 Pickelhaube with Cockades & Chinstrap - Dated 1898 Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns The leather blade buffer washerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an interesting example of an M 1895 Imperial Prussian Line Infantry enlisted man's Mannschaften (other ranks or EM NCO) pickelhaube which appears to have been converted to an M1915 helmet. The M1895 was the final pre 1914 evolution in a long series of spiked helmets. It has a good condition oxide plated steel Prussian spread eagle helmet plate and comes complete with supple original leather liner. The spike