Der Feuerwehrhelm

Award of the Medal of Honor for 75 years of loyal service on the volunteer fire brigade
Fire Department Potsdam Drewitz Germany
2021

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German Reich until 1918 Brass helmet (˜1895)
In this collection since: 08.05.2017
0927 Fire helmet from Germany. The brass helmet with the distinctive, large crest comes from the village of Bonndorf in the Black Forest. Base of the helmet is a brass helmet in Ulmer form. (See helmets 0064 and 0818, Germany). The helmet bowl seems to consist of two halves. Inside a continuous seam is visible. It is hidden from the outside by the helmet crest. At the front a thin brass rail is attached. The comb is punched. Here a ball point or a horse hair bush could be attached. The helmet has a massive scale chain with single, large brass scales. The attachment of the scales chain on the sides via a screw that protrudes far out of the helmet. The leather inner helmet has no single tongues. Through the threaded string, the leather contracts and forms waves.
Links: http://www.bonndorf.de/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonndorf_im_Schwarzwald
http://feuerwehrbonndorf.de/
Also look at: German Reich until 1918, 64
German Reich until 1918, 818
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