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Swakopmund Fire Brigade Helmet
Swakopmund Fire Brigade Helmet
Photo by the author at Swakopmund Museum
This helmet was worn by
the fire brigade (Feuerwehr) in Swakopmund,
German South West Africa. It is very similar to
fireman's helmets worn in Germany at the time and is
clearly based on a simplified Pickelhaube design. It
consists of a leather helmet with front and rear peaks
but with a brass crest instead of a spike and a brass
front plate showing a fireman's helmet upon crossed
axes. The chinstrap is plain leather and the helmet has
no cockades.
Swakopmund Fire Brigade
Photo ©
Frankfurt Colonial Archive
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