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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 02 Mar 2022 6:06 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Through the ages, soldiers have worn some ridiculous things on their bonce. What in your opinion is the most stupid, ludicrous, bonkers headgear? 45% said "oversized North Korean officers cap"
13% said "Ottoman Janissary hat"
11% said "Bersaglieri c. 1866 (broad and floppy with feathers)" |
Eumelus  | 02 Mar 2022 6:10 p.m. PST |
Nope, it's the pickelhaube. Expensive and uncomfortable. Offers no protection from the elements or enemy weapons. Too absurd to be intimidating. Can't even store a brandy bottle in it. |
| rustymusket | 02 Mar 2022 6:14 p.m. PST |
Broad and floppy with feathers is the new black! |
| phssthpok | 02 Mar 2022 10:32 p.m. PST |
Some of the Meso-American stuff was pretty silly. |
| Frederick | 03 Mar 2022 8:35 a.m. PST |
As was some of the Japanese stuff – I agree the pickelhaube is a bit daft – the Russian spiked helmet (the helmet of Yaroslav the Wise) was bigger and more intimidating, although I suspect even more uncomfortable to wear; at least for the North Koreans its only the brass hats that wear the thing; for the Janissaries and the Bersagilieri they all had to wear them! |
| Wolfhag | 03 Mar 2022 1:52 p.m. PST |
Wasn't part of the idea was to help determine friend or foe at a distance in the middle of a battle? Wolfhag |
| AICUSV | 07 Mar 2022 1:00 a.m. PST |
The original concept behind the Pickelhaube was a good one. The spike was to deflect saber strikes and the spike base had 4 fingers that came down the sides of the helmet to protect the head. As it progressed it became more an item of style than one of protection. |
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