Head Gear

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If you're a fan of Head Gear like I am, post any of your rare or interesting helmets here!!!

I just came across this beaut myself: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Dutch-w...-/301563406505

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http://www.icollector.com/German-WWI...lmet_i11386229 Apologies for double post.

[B-DizL]

http://www.icollector.com/German-WWI...lmet_i11386229 Apologies for double post.

Thats one of the coolest helmets ive ever seen, nice find The metal mohawk is a nice touch.

Found some bigger pics of it:

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OH LORDY! IS I IN HEAVENS? https://industrialanatomy.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/253/

Russian Adrian: http://www.antiqueswordsonline.com/i...adrian-helmet/

Polish Adrian:/http://www.antiqueswordsonline.com/w...adrian-helmet/

wow...:http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/wwihelmets.htm

[B-DizL]

OH LORDY! IS I IN HEAVENS? https://industrialanatomy.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/253/

Now those, are amazing!!!

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Oh me, Oh my. Die Ostrreich! http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-AUSTRIAN...3D301563406505

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Found a new archive with some neat-o helmets! Enjoy!
http://www.alexanderandsonsrestorations.com

of note: Austrian Berndorfer helmet.

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Not too many antique helmets, but these are pretty neat replicas of Brodie helmets that are available to purchase. I was looking at getting one myself for Airsoft because everyone goes as a Modern Warfare reject.

http://www.pflco.com/helmets.html

[B-DizL]

Found a new archive with some neat-o helmets! Enjoy!
http://www.alexanderandsonsrestorati...WorldWarI.html

of note: Austrian Berndorfer helmet.

I made that helmet, its in TGW right now

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O_O

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http://www.kubel1943.it/eng/dettagli...io.php?id=1792

Though, unfortunately, not produced during the war; the Vickers M27 helmet is a neat variation on the German 1916. It's long rumored that the m16 design was chosen intentionally by the Free irish state as an insult to the british.

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http://www.kubel1943.it/eng/dettagli...io.php?id=1792

Though, unfortunately, not produced during the war; the Vickers M27 helmet is a neat variation on the German 1916. It's long rumored that the m16 design was chosen intentionally by the Free irish state as an insult to the british.

I can get behind that.

[IlluminatiRex]

This beauty is mine. Italian

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GENTLEMEN! (Ladies?) I HAVE RETURNED! And with me today I have a picture of a kugelhaube originally issued by Germany to its Artillery regiments. Its visually similar to the standard pickelhaube, but with a rounded "pawn" type ornament, as opposed to the traditional spike we all recognize. If memory serves me correct, Bavarian troops wore these throughout the war.

[agunter999]

No other way round Bavarian Arty didn't wear these having spike instead

Also I have the Vickers M27 model helmet if anyone wants it, was for my pretty dead WWII mod

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GENTLEMEN! (Ladies?) I HAVE RETURNED! And with me today I have a picture of a kugelhaube originally issued by Germany to its Artillery regiments. Its visually similar to the standard pickelhaube, but with a rounded "pawn" type ornament, as opposed to the traditional spike we all recognize. If memory serves me correct, Bavarian troops wore these throughout the war.

Ah, yes. This was specifically designed to lower helmet related impalings at the work place.

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Olá! Cumprimentos e saudações! I'm finally back after a long drawn out moving process! And today I thought I'd try to shed a bit of light on a country who often gets overlooked (if you received an American education like me) in world history. Portugal! Though mostly re-equipped by Great Britain upon deployment to the front, the Portuguese were not without their own unique and distinctive headwear:

The portuguese m16 helmet was a copy of the "Brodie" style helmet with flutes across the helm and a "sew-in" Liner. It's thought that this style of helmet was patterned after Helms that were popular with British officers at the time.

sorry for picture size.


The Portuguese m1913 helm. The standard sun helmet for Portuguese troops. Although originally issued with the spike, the spike was eliminated from the head wear after Germany formally declared war on Portugal.



Portuguese Picklehaubs:


http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/20...se-1913-helmet

enjoy!

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Olá! Cumprimentos e saudações! I'm finally back after a long drawn out moving process! And today I thought I'd try to shed a bit of light on a country who often gets overlooked (if you received an American education like me) in world history. Portugal! Though mostly re-equipped by Great Britain upon deployment to the front, the Portuguese were not without their own unique and distinctive headwear:

The portuguese m16 helmet was a copy of the "Brodie" style helmet with flutes across the helm and a "sew-in" Liner. It's thought that this style of helmet was patterned after Helms that were popular with British officers at the time.

sorry for picture size.


The Portuguese m1913 helm. The standard sun helmet for Portuguese troops. Although originally issued with the spike, the spike was eliminated from the head wear after Germany formally declared war on Portugal.



Portuguese Picklehaubs:


http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/20...se-1913-helmet

enjoy!

...well, crap. Now I have to redesign my version to give all the Portuguese units spiked helmets and broadies. :c

[don_Durandal]

You don't need to quote the whole post complete with pictures, especially not just for a single sentence answer.

The Pickelhaube is for the dress uniform of the Guarda Nacional Republicana, which is the gendarmerie of Portugal. The army did not wear it in WW1.
The sun helmet was the campaign headgear for the 1911 uniform (though the spike was usually removed in the field, even before 1917), but it wasn't worn by the Portuguese Expeditionary Force on the western front. Instead they wore a cloth peaked cap in British style, along with the Broadie helmet.

So no, Portuguese units with Pickelhaube will not make sense.


Note that dress uniform =/= campaign uniform. Back then having two (or three, or even sometimes four!) different uniforms for different occasions wasn't uncommon, so when seeing pictures of WW1 soldiers and uniforms don't automatically assume that's what they would have worn in combat.
You don't see the Queen's Guard wearing red tunics and fur hats in Afghanistan nowadays. That's the same deal.

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You don't need to quote the whole post complete with pictures, especially not just for a single sentence answer.

I want people to work to see what I have to say. If you give something out for free, then it couldn't have been worth that much to begin with.

Ignoring that, for Portugal they don't start while at war with Germany. So, provided their late units don't have pickelhauben it couldn't be TOO inaccurate... But hypothetically, let's say the moment Belgium was invaded, they joined right after. What would they be wearing? The hats that they have now in game?