Original German WWI Bavarian Model 1896 Line Infantry Enlisted Pickelhaube Helmet British Flare Guns with a bit of wear

with a bit of wear

Loads of further research potential here: we have confirmed the enlistment records of Knepel

and is engraved on the side:

There is some pitting and corrosion on the aluminum fuze housing

It was later converted by ENFIELD to

Original German WWI Bavarian Model 1896 Line Infantry Enlisted Pickelhaube Helmet British Flare Guns with a bit of wearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a traditional German first world war Bavarian Mannschaften (Other Ranks) brass mounted leather helmet known as a Pickelhaube, for the Foot troops (Infantry). The M1896 Bavarian Pickelhaube was the final pre 1914 evolution in a long series of spiked helmets, and is very similar to the M1895 Prussian version. The previous M1886 version featured a cruciform spike base on ALL helmets, both enlisted and officer.