Original German WWI Bavarian Model 1914 Tin Plate Pickelhaube Helmet with Helmet Cover & Added Numbers - Eisenblech Ersatz-Helme - Manufactured by Bing of Nurnberg Antique Smith & Wessons It has paper corner reinforcements

It has paper corner reinforcements

The other side of the barrel is marked FOR PARACHUTE AND SIGNAL FLARES

Italy ordnance depot

indicating what it would have originally carried when fully loaded

Original German WWI Bavarian Model 1914 Tin Plate Pickelhaube Helmet with Helmet Cover & Added Numbers - Eisenblech Ersatz-Helme - Manufactured by Bing of Nurnberg Antique Smith & Wessons It has paper corner reinforcementsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare German first world war Bavarian Mannschaften (Other Ranks) brass mounted tin plate (not leather) helmet known as a Pickelhaube, for the Foot troops (Infantry). The specific model is actually quite rare and is known as a Eisenblech (tin plate) Ersatz Helme (Substitute helmet). The M1914 was the second to last step in the final evolution in a long series of spiked helmets. It was manufactured from tin,