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Definition of pickelhaube in English: pickelhaubenoun ˈpɪk(ə)lˌ(h)aʊbə historical A spiked helmet worn by German soldiers. Example sentencesExamples - And look at that one over there, wearing that beautiful waste-paper basket on his head like a pickelhaube!
- The pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia. and its use slowly spread to other German principalities.
- This helmet is missing its topspitze, or "spiked adornment," for which this type of helmet is named pickelhaube, or "pick cap."
- An additional distinction of this very rare pickelhaube is to be found in the special "bosses" used to attach the officer's brass scale chinstrap to the helmet skull.
- Few relics of military history are as striking as the German Pickelhaube.
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