Entwicklung des Kopfschutzes fuer den Feuerwehrmann

History of Fire Fighters headgear in Carinthia
Summary
This brief description is in line to the pictures shown in recitation and I would be pleased to answer your
questions. The numbers of the catalogue are principally out of Rosenbauer’s Catalogue 1908 and 1930,
the pictures of the helmets were made by the author in Carinthias Museum of Fire Fighters.
The “Edict for Putting out Fires”, dated by 18.5.1825 concerning the city of Klagenfurt, Carinthia, says,
that the fire fighters wear white – light blue or white meshes on their hats.
By formation Klagenfurt’s fire fighters in June, 14, 1864 there were bought beside new equipment also a
helmet for the commandant for about 8 Gulden, made by Metz in Heidelberg. In the same year they
bought also 16 helmets for the riser-brigade.
One of the first photos shows Klagenfurt’s fire brigade with hats of the gymnasts.
The photo of 1869 shows the fire brigade in uniform and with equipment by fire practice.
Rapid development arosed and so a lot of fire helmets were made of leather, steel sheet, nickel-plated,
with various crests and frets. There were no exactly regulations, the groups of fire fighters were organized
as corporations and could buy their equipment according their individual convenience – if they had
the money. Even within the corporation there existed various forms of helmets.
Helmet made of leather, with slender crest, Model Upper Austria, also worn in Carinthia.
Same helmet made of sheet metal and nickel-plated, Rosenbauer’s Catalogue 1908
Same helmet for commandant Ing. Richard von Stadler, Commandant of Klagenfurt’s fire fighters 1910
– 1935, later councillor of KLFV, Rosenbauers Catalogue Fig. 1007, 1908
Leather helmet with broad crest, constituted as helmet for the Carinthian fire fighters in the year
1929, also worn as steel plated helmet, painted black with various frets.
Steel plated helmet painted black, with slender crest and the emblem of the fire brigade
Leather helmet for officers, Rosenbauer’s Catalogue 1930, Nr. 1006/827
Helmet for Commandants with the emblem of Carinthia, crested, Catalogue 1930, Nr. 1038
Helmet for Commandants, chain-connection for horse-tail Ingenieur, Nr. 1018 E, 813, Kat.
Helmet for Commandants made of steel-sheet with emblem “Commandant” Kat. Nr.
1037/823, 1930
Brazen helmet, with fixation for horse-tail, Emblem “ For Gods honour helping the next”,
Catalogue Nr. 1096/833
Officers helmet, nickel-plated, Emblem FF, Kat. Nr. 1006/827, 1908
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