[lugerholsterrepair]

Jim, Right you are! I got carried away! Allies being a general term for whoever was fighting off the Germans at the time...Typically a WW2 term though.

My recovery is coming along faster than I have any right to expect. I can walk without assistance of a cane but with a limp because the muscle needs strengthening and I do that by walking a mile or so a day. In another two to three weeks I will be back to normal. Physically that is!

Interesting subject on the pickelhauben though. I have often wondered if the Germans thought they were anything but decorative. Ever since steel was in widespread use it seems apparent that it could be used for protection. That was decades before the 1800's.

Jim, If you do find the reference you are looking for it would be interesting to see in what context it was written and who wrote it...Jerry