Helmet WW1 German

Edward Tinker · 02-16-2016, 05:49 PM

Here is a WW1 German helmet I picked up this weekend. Last year I was at an antique shop and they had a huge collection of sewing rulers and one was a helmet. I passed on it, although I thought it was really cool.

Well this is an ink well - I offered a lower price than they wanted, but by Sunday; they called and my son picked it up for me.

Its about the size of between a ping pong ball and baseball...

Ed

ithacaartist · 02-16-2016, 11:11 PM

Nice Ed, but now you have to run out and get a quill pen and a bottle of ink!

Edward Tinker · 02-16-2016, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Nice Ed, but now you have to run out and get a quill pen and a bottle of ink!

Not a bad idea - actually the bayonet looks French?

Sergio Natali · 02-17-2016, 03:31 AM

Edward

Very nice acquisition, makes me wonder who made all that work with the bayonet.
Dead interesting.

alanint · 02-17-2016, 12:00 PM

I think the bayonet is meant to be a letter opener. An entire desk set in one item.

sheepherder · 02-17-2016, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by alanint

I think the bayonet is meant to be a letter opener. An entire desk set in one item.

Does the bayonet pull out??? It looks like two different pieces, one on each side...

I loved to play with miniatures when I was little...Now, not so much...

lugerholsterrepair · 02-17-2016, 02:21 PM

If the bayonet does come out it would have a heck of a curve in it. Seems it would be pretty small too..if the whole helmet is as big as a baseball?

ithacaartist · 02-18-2016, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

If the bayonet does come out it would have a heck of a curve in it. Seems it would be pretty small too..if the whole helmet is as big as a baseball?

It would be for opening tiny letters...!

Vlim · 02-18-2016, 03:57 PM

It could be a pen knife. Used to clean and sharpen old ink pens.

George Anderson · 02-18-2016, 07:14 PM

The bayonet is a bit of French patriotic humor.

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Edward Very nice acquisition, makes me wonder who made all that work with the bayonet. Dead interesting. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I think the bayonet is meant to be a letter opener. An entire desk set in one item.

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	It could be a pen knife. Used to clean and sharpen old ink pens.

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George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	The bayonet is a bit of French patriotic humor.