From Pikelhaube to Steel

HerrKaiser · 06-20-2018, 12:05 PM

I have one from 1915, but yeah they changed in 1916 because it turned out that steel does a lot better than leather at protecting soldiers from shrapnel and other battlefield conditions. Combined with the fact that Germany’s leather was running in short supply during the war due to the embargo and that the spike on the Pickelhaube gave away individual soldiers’ positions in the trench lines.

06-20-2018, 12:05 PM	#4
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 889 Thanks: 838 Thanked 901 Times in 435 Posts	I have one from 1915, but yeah they changed in 1916 because it turned out that steel does a lot better than leather at protecting soldiers from shrapnel and other battlefield conditions. Combined with the fact that Germany’s leather was running in short supply during the war due to the embargo and that the spike on the Pickelhaube gave away individual soldiers’ positions in the trench lines. __________________ -QM