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Revision as of 20:28, 6 October 2010
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The Prussian Pickelhaube is an unlockable headwear item for the Medic. It appears as a metal, team-colored pickelhaube helmet associated with the Prussian army and in propaganda and popular fiction, with the German military. The spike located at the top deals no damage under any circumstance.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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Trivia
- The Pickelhaube (plural Pickelhauben) is named from the old German Pickel or "point" and Haube or "bonnet," a general word for headgear.
- The Pickelhaube was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police.
- The Pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia.
- The Pickelhaube featured prominently in British propaganda during the first world war, becoming an icon of Imperial Germany. It is sometimes mistakenly associated with the Nazis, although it was very rarely used by them outside of formal attire.
- The hat description was written by This_Is_Not_Spy
- If painted black, this hat will look similar to the picklehaubes worn by high ranking German officers in World War Two with the difference being that most of them had a golden eagle symbol on the front
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