Any ideas on this?

[Helm]

Awaiting more pics of the inside etc.

Steve

 

[Redcap]

It's a helmet Steve ....what's 'confusing' you with it mate..?

Hope you are keeping well and hope to see you soon.

Gaz

 

[Helm]

 

[sd0324]

All I know is I'd look cool as f*ck with that on riding my Honda scooter as I terrorize the neighborhood. Need a small version for my terrier.


Steve

 

[Wayneb]

It's a glorified hemoroid remover.

 

[Gary D]

just don't sit on it.

 

[arj]

I came across this site selling what I presume is a replica. The condition appears too pristine.
https://en.todocoleccion.net/military-helmets/casco-punta~x245473140
Unfortunately, it does not state what it is.
The double headed eagle might be Russian (but there are other possibles).
Also, the bottom of an anchor indicates a possible naval connection.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[bigtodd]

It's a glorified hemoroid remover.

Wayne is right. I don't think it is a hat. But if I hear screaming coming from the north east one day all the way over here in the states you can tell us we were wrong........

 

[Richie]

Hi Steve,
It looks like it might be a Prussian Garde Du Corps helmet circa Franco Prussian war.
cheers
Richie
Prussian Garde du Corps cuirassier during the Franco-Prussian War Stock Photo - Alamy

 

[Nap]

All I know is I'd look cool as f*ck with that on riding my Honda scooter as I terrorize the neighborhood. Need a small version for my terrier.


Steve

Your right Steve .......those Honda scooters are a real terrifying things.....

I reckon it's Russian looking at the eagle , maybe Marine ?

Nap

 

[Blind Pew]

Austrian, perhaps? An 'elf & safety nightmare, anyway. "You'd have someone's eye out with that."

 

[Dr Bison]

Double-headed eagle holding two scimitaars? Definitely not German. Maybe Northern African?

 

[Helm]

I came across this site selling what I presume is a replica. The condition appears too pristine.
https://en.todocoleccion.net/military-helmets/casco-punta~x245473140
Unfortunately, it does not state what it is.
The double headed eagle might be Russian (but there are other possibles).
Also, the bottom of an anchor indicates a possible naval connection.

Cheers,
Andrew

That looks bang on, thanks. As you say, may well be a replica.
Steve

 

[theBaron]

I suspect a fabrication, intended to look like a real Russian or (early) Prussian Helm. But the plate is certainly wrong for Prussia at any time (and sorry, Richie, the Gardes du Corps wore metal helmets, not leather). But the eagle should be crowned for either Russia or Prussia. Or for Austria's double eagle, for that matter. Also, if we look closely at the helmet, we see a relatively low crown. On the early helmets, from the 1850s and '60s, the crown was higher. In the case of Prussia, the crown was reduced in height by 1870, almost to the lower height it reached after the Franco-Prussian war. This one looks almost like a crown from a later helmet with the deeper visor and neck guard from an earlier helmet attached. The anchor is missing its bar, too, and the scroll has no text, no motto, etc. It may be genuine, from some small state or city-state, but I don't recognize it as from Russia or any of the German states.

Prost!
Brad

 

[fogie]

Saxe - Lubeck Fire Brigade perhaps ?

Mike

 

[arj]

I suspect a fabrication, intended to look like a real Russian or (early) Prussian Helm. But the plate is certainly wrong for Prussia at any time (and sorry, Richie, the Gardes du Corps wore metal helmets, not leather). But the eagle should be crowned for either Russia or Prussia. Or for Austria's double eagle, for that matter. Also, if we look closely at the helmet, we see a relatively low crown. On the early helmets, from the 1850s and '60s, the crown was higher. In the case of Prussia, the crown was reduced in height by 1870, almost to the lower height it reached after the Franco-Prussian war. This one looks almost like a crown from a later helmet with the deeper visor and neck guard from an earlier helmet attached. The anchor is missing its bar, too, and the scroll has no text, no motto, etc. It may be genuine, from some small state or city-state, but I don't recognize it as from Russia or any of the German states.

Prost!
Brad

Your analysis is faultless Brad.

I've just searched through my two books on the Pickelhaube by J.A Bowman and can't find anything remotely similar. I particularly searched the German states section.
One thing that stood out was that any swords (or implements) were never crossed or 'floating', but held in the claws and pointing up or slightly out.
I tend to think it's a concoction (but am quite happy to be proved wrong).

Saxe - Lubeck Fire Brigade perhaps ?

Mike

I like it!
I shudder to thing what use that long spike would be put to.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[theBaron]

It could be a stage prop, too.

 

[Helm]

Thanks everyone, appreciated all.
Steve

 

[Oda]

All I know is I'd look cool as f*ck with that on riding my Honda scooter as I terrorize the neighborhood. Need a small version for my terrier.


Steve