Original German WWI Prussian M1915 Jäger zu Pferde Lobster Tail Pickelhaube Helmet 1915 Certified

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Original German WWI Prussian M1915 Jäger zu Pferde Lobster Tail Pickelhaube Helmet 1915 Certified. Imperial German Prussian M1915 Jäger zu Pferde (Mounted Dispatch Rider) Lobster Tail Pickelhaube Helmet,  This is one of the two varieties of Metalhelme (Metal Helmets) in use by the German Armed forces, the other of which is the Kürassier Metalhelme worn by heavy cavalry. It is  size 57, stamped (see photo)  The M1915 was the last model of Pickelhaube issued. In accordance with the 1915 regulations these helmets would no longer would use brass, silver, or Tombak as previous models did. All issued Pickelhaube would now use gray oxidized steel fittings for all Regiments, where previously the dispatch rider fittings had varied based on the regiment. Also, this last revision of the Dispatch Rider helmet replaced the usual chin scale chin strap with the standard M91 leather chin strap, and it would now have the standard removable spike, held on with a “bayonet” style attachment. This pickelhaube has a basic three-piece construction: helmet, visor and extended rear protective neck guard. It is fabricated from blackened stamped manganese steel, which is the distinctive black mounted dispatch rider finish. The helmet is topped by a removable spike with four ventilation holes and a spike mounting base in the distinctive. helmet features an oxidized steel frontplate (wappen), and the crown of this leather helmet displays a vented enlisted removable spike mounted on a steel baseplate. The rear neck guard protrudes outwards, away from the body in the traditional “lobster tail” design, held in place with large capped rivets just inside the outer edge and one smaller central rivet at the rear neck line. The entire outer edge is trimmed in a rolled-around steel band, including the visor and neck guard, protecting the wearer from the raw steel edges of the helmet itself. It is maker stamped and dated on a metal plate secured on the inside of the dome round the vent hole.  The interior leather liner is partially retained but  worn, and the cockades and chinstrap are all absent.  Very nice example of an M15 that would display very nice. A nice RARE  German helmet.  Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. Please also see our other items on our web page. A not perfect but displayable helmet (priced according to condition) If you replace the roundels and chin strap this would be great!