From Pikelhaube to Steel

HerrKaiser · 07-25-2018, 05:17 PM

Don,
Never said that I agree with the use of the Pickelhauben as head butting weapons, though I’m sure in the chaos that was the Great War SOMEONE tried it. Probably was not very effective though. Regardless, their aesthetics are top notch so I can care less what the real reasons might have been so long as I can collect them. Many units by 1915 had ordered their troops to remove the brass spike when at the front line to help conceal positions.

07-25-2018, 05:17 PM	#16
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 889 Thanks: 838 Thanked 901 Times in 435 Posts	Don, Never said that I agree with the use of the Pickelhauben as head butting weapons, though I’m sure in the chaos that was the Great War SOMEONE tried it. Probably was not very effective though. Regardless, their aesthetics are top notch so I can care less what the real reasons might have been so long as I can collect them. Many units by 1915 had ordered their troops to remove the brass spike when at the front line to help conceal positions. __________________ -QM