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The Pickelhaube (German: [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bə] ⓘ; pl. Pickelhauben, pronounced [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bn̩] ⓘ; from German: Pickel, lit. 'point' or 'pickaxe', and Haube , lit. ' bonnet ' , a general word for "headgear"), also Pickelhelm , is a spiked leather or metal helmet that was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by Prussian and German ...
It was commonly used in the Western world for helmets; the pickelhaube, the standard German helmet, was not replaced by a steel stahlhelm until 1916, in the midst of World War I. [9] As leather does not conduct heat the way metal does, firemen continued to use boiled leather helmets until World War II, and the invention of strong plastics. [10]
Pickelhaube – a spiked German leather helmet. Sailor cap, also known as "white hat" or "dixie cup" in the US Navy; Shako; Shaguma - Yak-hair headdress used by early Imperial Japanese Army generals; Slouch hat – One side of hat droops down as opposed to the other which is pinned against the side of the crown
Benty Grange helmet The Benty Grange helmet, on a modern transparent support Material Iron, horn Weight 1.441 kg (3.18 lb) (replica) Discovered 1848 Benty Grange farm, Monyash, Derbyshire, England 53°10′29.6″N 01°46′58.7″W / 53.174889°N 1.782972°W / 53.174889; -1.782972 Discovered by Thomas Bateman Present location Weston Park Museum, Sheffield Registration J93.1189 The ...
"Parallel to the development of the sun helmet, a broadly similar helmet, of dark blue cloth over cork and incorporating a bronze spike, was adopted for military wear in non-tropical areas, although it was rarely thought of as a true "pith helmet". Modelled on the German Pickelhaube, this headdress was first adopted by the British Army (which ...
The great helm ultimately evolved from the nasal helmet, which had been produced in a flat-topped variant with a square profile by about 1180. [3] From this type of helmet an intermediate type, called an 'enclosed helmet' or 'primitive great helm', developed near the end of the 12th century. In this helmet the expansion of the nasal produced a ...
A dragoon helmet is an ornate style of metal combat helmet featuring a tall crest; they were initially used by dragoons, but later by other types of heavy cavalry and some other military units. Originating in France in the second half of the 18th century, it was widely imitated by other European armies and was last used in combat in 1914.
The M1918 helmet (also known as M18) is a steel military combat helmet used by Switzerland from its introduction in 1924 to its replacement by the M1971. In 1940 improvements would be made to the design to which it would be called the M1918/40; and in June 1943, the color change in Black.