33+ Ww1 Pickelhaube Helmet Pictures. The spiked helmet, or pickelhaube as they were called, was originally designed in 1842 by fredrick william iv of prussia. German soldiers in pickelhaube spiked helmets advance across no man's land.
High pressurized leather with a removable metal spike.
Focus on ww1 helmets using my limited collection. I was thinking it might be about limiting peripheral noise/light and focusing on one target, albeit more pronounced in that ww1 version. The helmets themselves were similar to cavalry helmets from the napoleonic era. I can practically hear him say, my hat! german imperial officer, wearing his pickelhaube (pickaxe helmuth von moltke the younger, chief of staff of the german imperial army during the early phase of ww1.
