Officer Pickelhaube With Braunschweig Infantry Regiment 92 Wappen (Reproduction)

Officer Pickelhaube With Braunschweig Infantry Regiment 92 Wappen

A reproduction of an Imperial German Officer quality private purchase helmet featuring the wappen from Infantry Regiment 92; black leather spiked helmet has brass hardware including rear spine without ventilation opening.  Wearer's right side has Reich cockade, and the left does as well, with curved brass chinscales.  Spike has top which is removable for installation of a haarbusche.  Frontplate is retained to the helmet via screw posts.  Body of the helmet has heavily lacquered finish.  Rear visor is bent on one side.  Front visor has constricted by just a small bit, peakmount still fits securely.  Front and rear visor stitching remains solid and intact.  Has good pliable original leather chinstrap with traces of blackened finish. Interior has brown leather sweatband with some minor damage and light olive crown liner.  Interior of front visor has green leather lining; interior of the rear visor has red cloth lining. 

JR92 helmets are vanishingly rare, very desirable, and thus also heavily faked on the market.  My initial conclusion and description for this was that it was a mix of original and reproduction parts, but one of our very good friends who has forgotten more about pickelhauben than I will ever know kindly advised us that it is a reproduction.  At the very least, it looks very impressive on display as a stand-in for a helmet that is quite difficult to find. 

$300 - $500