pickelhaube
/ˈpɪkəlˌhaʊbə/
noun
- A spiked helmet worn by German military and police forces, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- In old photographs, soldiers often wore a pickelhaube with a shiny brass spike.
- The pickelhaube became a symbol of German militarism before World War II.
- The museum displayed a Prussian pickelhaube from World War I.