Stahlhelm
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Stahlhelm refers to a series of German steel combat helmet designs intended to protect the wearer from common battlefield hazards such as shrapnel.
M35 on display at Museum Rotterdam
World War I German stormtrooper on the Western Front wearing the Stahlhelm
Irish Army soldiers in Stahlhelm-like helmets circa 1939
Royal Afghan Army soldier poses for the cover of a magazine in 1969.
Pickelhaube
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The Pickelhaube, also Pickelhelm, is a spiked leather or metal helmet that was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by Prussian and German soldiers of all ranks as well as firefighters and police. Alth
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…steel helmets during World War I as a result of combat experience and experimentation. The Imperial German Army began to replace the boiled leather Pickelhaube with the Stahlhelm in 1916. The Stahlhelm's distinctive coal scuttle shape was instantly recognizable and became a common element of propaganda on both…
Bavarian Officer Pickelhaube c. 1900
Prussian police leather Pickelhaube
Staff captain, Russian artillery, wearing a Pickelhaube, c. 1858
Russian Pickelhauben of the 1849 version, with detachable plumes, 1853