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pickelhaube

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Noun1.pickelhaube - a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers
helmet - armor plate that protects the head


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German souvenirs that ordinarily would have been obtained only through bloodshed--such as spiked pickelhaube helmets, or Gott mit uns belt buckles--were bartered for similar British trinkets.
Perhaps the Iron Duke will don a pickelhaube if Leverkusen win, or be decked out in a matador's hat if Real take the trophy.
In another room, a wall-size glass display case contains dozens of helmets, among them a British paratrooper's, a French infantryman's, an Italian carabiniere's and a well-preserved specimen of a Pickelhaube, the German spiked helmet worn in World War I.
 
 
 
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