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* The {{w|Pickelhaube}} (plural ''Pickelhauben'') is named from the old German ''Pickel'' meaning "point" or "pickaxe" and ''Haube'' or "bonnet," a general word for headgear. | * The {{w|Pickelhaube}} (plural ''Pickelhauben'') is named from the old German ''Pickel'' meaning "point" or "pickaxe" and ''Haube'' or "bonnet," a general word for headgear. | ||
* The Pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police and was featured prominently in Allied propaganda during the first World War, becoming an icon of Imperial Germany. | * The Pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police and was featured prominently in Allied propaganda during the first World War, becoming an icon of Imperial Germany. |
Revision as of 14:14, 8 November 2010
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The Prussian Pickelhaube is a headwear item for the Medic. It appears as a metal, team-colored Template:W helmet associated with the Prussian army and in propaganda and popular fiction, with the German military.
The hat description was written by This_Is_Not_Spy.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- One of the very first hats on TF2
- The Template:W (plural Pickelhauben) is named from the old German Pickel meaning "point" or "pickaxe" and Haube or "bonnet," a general word for headgear.
- The Pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by King Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police and was featured prominently in Allied propaganda during the first World War, becoming an icon of Imperial Germany.
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