Pickelhaube Helmet Identification

**Element7** · 09-03-2016, 01:07 AM

Hi Guys,

I’ve been trying to find info on this helmet and the wood stretcher but I haven’t had much luck so I’m hoping you guys can offer some help. It belongs to a friend of mine and has been in his family for a long time. Unfortunately at some point in its life it was used as a flower pot. I assumed its Austro-Hungarian but I’m not so sure.

I would also like to give him some idea of what each piece might be worth?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 09-03-2016 01:07 AM

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**Wagriff** · 09-03-2016, 04:53 AM

An unusual helmet. The FJI on the chest shield would tell me that it is Austrian (FJI for "Franz Joseph I"). A shame that it is heavily damaged. No clue to it's value in it's present state, but it certainly would be worth a fair price. The wood stretcher is simply just that-a stretcher to keep hats and such from shrinking with drying over time. You expand or contract it's size by twisting the post between the 2 half moon ends. I use one to this day to keep my fedora's in comfortable fitting condition. You can still buy them.