Hogan's Heroes spiked helmet?

[MauldinFan]

My limited understanding of pre-WW1 German stuff leads me to suspect this is an NCO helmet due to the very tall spike.
Beats me what the insignia is for, though.
I'd love a reproduction of this to place my crusher upon...
I have found one that is close, on eBay:

 

[JonnyCrow]

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My limited understanding of pre-WW1 German stuff leads me to suspect this is an NCO helmet due to the very tall spike.
Beats me what the insignia is for, though.
I'd love a reproduction of this to place my crusher upon...
I have found one that is close, on eBay:
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And it's prussian infantry

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

Its a pickelhaube helmet, used by prussian military up to the early days of ww1.
Made of leather, the only one I've handled was fairly worn but solid, almost no polish/paint on it. Was about £900 in an antiques shop

 

[Micawber]

Complete originals in good condition that have not been tinkered with, had parts replaced or made up from bits are hard to find unless you are willing to pay accordingly. Like so many things I remember when they were once discoverable in unadulterated condition here in the UK for what today would be peanuts.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Complete originals in good condition that have not been tinkered with, had parts replaced or made up from bits are hard to find unless you are willing to pay accordingly. Like so many things I remember when they were once discoverable in unadulterated condition here in the UK for what today would be peanuts.

Exactly Steve, 70's little militaria shop in Hull had a few of them for not too much money now crazy prices same with ww1 German mutz caps, or ones moths haven't feasted on

 

[Pilot]

The real Prussian one…
The OP one no idea what it should immitated? and the animal should be a(n)?

 

[warguy]

The one from Hogans Heroes is Prussian cavalry and it is an officers model-it has the brass chin scales. An enlisted model would have leather chinstrap. From Pilots post above you see a Prussian Infantry model (different front plate) but also an Officers model with brass chin scales and silk (officers) interior as opposed to leather (finger) interior which was worn by EM.

 

[Pilot]

Prussian officer mounted troops.

Preußen Pickelhaube für Offiziere im Grenadier-Regiment zu Pferde Freiherr v. Derfflinger (Neumärkisches) Nr. 3 (433518) - Prussia Prusse - Empire & République de Weimar: Uniformes, couvre-chefs, casques , etc. - Antiquités Militaires

Preußen Pickelhaube für Offiziere im Grenadier-Regiment zu Pferde Freiherr v. Derfflinger (Neumärkisches) Nr. 3 Standort Bromberg in Pommern, um 1914. Eleganter Lederhelm, komplett mit allen Beschlägen in versilberter Ausführung. "Frostig" versilberter

www.weitze.fr

 

[Pilot]

A cheap repro:

Casque prussien en cuir noir, casque allemand Pickelhaube à longues pointes-k1 - Etsy France

Description de larticle :- Matériau : cuir et laiton Finition : comme sur la photo Il sagit dun casque portable de taille adulte. Casque allemand entièrement portable Il a une pointe amovible. Un bonnet en cuir est monté à lintérieur pour un port facile. Diamètre intérieur : de lavant à

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[johnwayne]

Seen plenty of repros at military shows here in Uk - not expensive either, a mate of mine still has one, looks/convincing enough for such a prop!

 

[MauldinFan]

Well, it looks like the helmet in the credits was indeed the same one on the set, except that the spike is much taller in the credits photo version.