My brother Issac has been about as interested as I have been in our mom’s passion for wartime items, which is to say not that involved until very recently.  Everything changed for us when we went along with mom to visit her old friend Henry, who is a University professor with a great collection that my mom loves to see.  While we were there, my brother found a pickelhaube helmet that really fascinated the both of us.  It was so ornate and unique looking that it drew us both into conversation with Henry about it, and pretty soon we were asking about getting our own!