Feb 18th, 2017: Pickelhaubes

xoxoxoBruce · 02-17-2017, 08:28 PM

Part of a pyramid of German Pickelhaubes, in New York City after the war to end all wars.

Not sure what the point was, I guess there's a lot of them.

JuancoRocks · 02-18-2017, 12:33 AM

Since we won the war I think they made their point.

JR

xoxoxoBruce · 02-18-2017, 08:05 AM

Won? Or just a pause until 1939.

Griff · 02-18-2017, 08:39 AM

Good thing we don't do pointless inconclusive bloodletting anymore.

Snakeadelic · 02-18-2017, 08:43 AM

After any major war, it is commonplace for the victorious to set up temporary or permanent displays having to do with that victory. Since the heads of foreign soldiers would have been considered "a bit much" for an increasing proportion of urbanites, a giant stack of their helmets seems a logical replacement. Helmets make an excellent post-war display because they are very often highly emblematic in their country of origin; boots were too valuable to display like this, uniforms too likely to be torn and bloody (health hazard) and even after WWI we already knew putting major weaponry on public display was a bad, bad plan. Kinda wonder how many of these had their pointy bits broken off for souvenirs (or shivs) before the display was dismantled...

monster · 02-19-2017, 09:33 PM

no need to be spiky

02-17-2017, 08:28 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Feb 18th, 2017: Pickelhaubes Part of a pyramid of German Pickelhaubes, in New York City after the war to end all wars. Not sure what the point was, I guess there's a lot of them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-18-2017, 12:33 AM	#2
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Since we won the war I think they made their point. JR __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

02-18-2017, 08:05 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Won? Or just a pause until 1939. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-18-2017, 08:39 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good thing we don't do pointless inconclusive bloodletting anymore. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-19-2017, 09:33 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no need to be spiky __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-18-2017, 08:43 AM	#5
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	After any major war, it is commonplace for the victorious to set up temporary or permanent displays having to do with that victory. Since the heads of foreign soldiers would have been considered "a bit much" for an increasing proportion of urbanites, a giant stack of their helmets seems a logical replacement. Helmets make an excellent post-war display because they are very often highly emblematic in their country of origin; boots were too valuable to display like this, uniforms too likely to be torn and bloody (health hazard) and even after WWI we already knew putting major weaponry on public display was a bad, bad plan. Kinda wonder how many of these had their pointy bits broken off for souvenirs (or shivs) before the display was dismantled...

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