SARGE Posted August 15, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 15, 2021 Gents, I picked up a very nice City of Zittau (Saxony) Police spike helmet at SOS that I thought I would show. Erich Radecke, "Polizei-Abzeichen Helme - Heraldik - Historie" 1.Band - bis 1918 talks about this helmet on page 56 of his book. He shows the helmet star that is on my helmet with the gilt emblem of Zittau backed with green leather placed on a Neusilber police star insignia. My helmet has a black leather body with Neusilber fittings as shown on other Sachsische kommunalen Polizei helmets. The spike is the short ball topped spike with a pearl ring at the base as seen on other municipal German Police spike helmets. The spike base has four lobes secured with plain bolts. The chinstrap is leather covered with flat scalloped scales with a distinctive screw-bolt fastening. The interesting red and white cockades are the same on both sides and are in the city colors of Zittau instead of the state colors of Saxony. This is correct for Saxony City Police helmets according to Radecke. A very nice example of a City Police (Stadtpolizei) helmet that I was happy to find at the show. Anyone else bring home something interesting from SOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted August 16, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 16, 2021 Wow! That is a top shelf example. Very nice pick up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted August 16, 2021 Share #3 Posted August 16, 2021 Awesome piece, Sarge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted August 17, 2021 Thanks guys. I thought the condition was exceptional and I was happy to find it at SOS. While this is a smaller city in Saxony it is made in the same style as those helmets from the larger cities with municipal police forces such as Berlin in Prussia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS3rd Posted September 29, 2021 Share #5 Posted September 29, 2021 Sarge, Very nice Pickelhaube indeed. These helmets can get addicting; I got back into collecting them last year and they are fascinating items. Best regards, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivydiv Posted September 29, 2021 Share #6 Posted September 29, 2021 Very nice helmet in remarkable condition. A great find. Congratulations. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted September 29, 2021 Share #7 Posted September 29, 2021 Agree with others comments….a beautiful helmet in amazing condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted September 30, 2021 Thanks for the kudos gents. Here is the same style of Municipal Police helmet but this one was worn by the Berlin Police in Prussia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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