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 indicating what it would have

indicating what it would have originally carried when fully loaded

popular at that time as with the 46" Brown Bess of the same period

It has paper corner reinforcements

Italy ordnance depot

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

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 indicating what it would haveOriginal 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,