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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
| type              = hat
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| type              = cosmetic
| image              = Medicwithhat.PNG
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| image              = Prussian Pickelhaube.png
 
| team-colors        = yes
 
| team-colors        = yes
 
| used-by            = [[Medic]]
 
| used-by            = [[Medic]]
| released          = [[Sniper vs. Spy Update]]
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| equip-region      = hat
| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate11|unusual}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|5|21|2009}}<br>([[Sniper vs. Spy Update]])
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| availability      = {{avail|retired|crate11}}
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| craft             = no
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| paint              = yes
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| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | item-description = A relic from one war brought into another. Your enemy will get the point.
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  | item-kind        = Helmet
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  | limited          = yes
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   | item-description = A relic from one war brought into another.<br>Your enemy will get the point.
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Medic'''|Sturm und Drang!|sound=Medic_cheers04.wav}}  
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The '''Prussian Pickelhaube''' is a [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Medic]]. It is a metal, team-colored {{w|Pickelhaube}} helmet.
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{{Quotation|'''The Medic''' exuberating his love for 19th-century German culture|Sturm und Drang!|sound=Medic cheers04.wav}}
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The '''Prussian Pickelhaube''' (pronounced "pick·el·how·beh" [ˈpik.ɛl.haʊ.bə]) is a [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Medic]]. It is a metal, team-colored [[w:Pickelhaube|Pickelhaube]] helmet.
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624032702/http://forums.steampowered.com:80/forums/showpost.php?p=16690736&postcount=9 This_Is_Not_Spy] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]].
  
 
== Painted variants ==
 
== Painted variants ==
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== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
 
'''{{Patch name|5|21|2009}}''' ([[Sniper vs. Spy Update]])
 
'''{{Patch name|5|21|2009}}''' ([[Sniper vs. Spy Update]])
 
* {{Undocumented}} The Prussian Pickelhaube was added to the game.
 
* {{Undocumented}} The Prussian Pickelhaube was added to the game.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
 
'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
* This hat was made [[paint]]able.
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* The Prussian Pickelhaube was made [[Paint Can|paintable]].
* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for this hat.
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Prussian Pickelhaube.
* {{undocumented}} This hat can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
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* {{Undocumented}} The Prussian Pickelhaube can now be uncrated with [[Unusual]] quality.
  
'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
* Paint texture improved.
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* The Prussian Pickelhaube's paint texture was improved.
  
== Notes ==
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'''{{item schema|1|25|2013}}'''
* The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690736&postcount=9 This_Is_Not_Spy] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]].
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* The Prussian Pickelhaube was removed from the [[item drop system]] and [[Mann Co. Store]], and can no longer be uncrated with Unusual quality or [[Crafting|crafted]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Saxton Hale|title=Kiss These Items Goodbye!|retrieved=2021-9-30|url=https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=9714|publication=TF2 Official Blog|puburl=https://www.teamfortress.com|date=2013-1-10}}</ref>
*As of January 24, 2013 this hat was retired, and is no longer able to be acquired through the store, crafting, or randomly dropped. Additionally it can not be unboxed as an unusual.
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'''{{Patch name|9|25|2014}} #1'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the [[Limited]] attribute to the Prussian Pickelhaube.
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}}
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* The Pickelhaube, plural ''Pickelhauben'', is named from the old German ''Pickel'', meaning "point" or "pickaxe", and ''Haube'', meaning "bonnet", a general word for headgear.
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* The Pickelhaube, plural ''Pickelhauben'', is named from the old German ''Pickel'', meaning "point" or "pickaxe," and ''Haube'', meaning "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. The Pickelhaube was featured prominently in Allied propaganda during the first World War, and became an icon of Imperial Germany.
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* The Pickelhaube was originally designed in 1842 by [[w:Frederick William IV of Prussia|King Frederick William IV]] of [[w:Prussia|Prussia]]. It was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police. The Pickelhaube was featured prominently in [[w:Triple Entente|Allied]] propaganda during the [[w:World War I|first World War]], and became an icon of the [[w:German Empire|German Empire]].
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== See also ==
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* [[Platinum Pickelhaube]]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
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[[Category:Retired items]]
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Revision as of 23:01, 30 September 2021

Sturm und Drang!
The Medic exuberating his love for 19th-century German culture

The Prussian Pickelhaube (pronounced "pick·el·how·beh" [ˈpik.ɛl.haʊ.bə]) is a cosmetic item for the Medic. It is a metal, team-colored Pickelhaube helmet.

The item's description was written by This_Is_Not_Spy for the Hat Describing Contest.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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Single colors
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube E6E6E6.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube D8BED8.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube C5AF91.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 141414.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 2D2D24.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 694D3A.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube A57545.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube CF7336.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube E7B53B.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube E9967A.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube FF69B4.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 7D4071.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 2F4F4F.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 424F3B.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 808000.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 32CD32.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube A89A8C.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 839FA3.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 3B1F23.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube B8383B.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 5885A2.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 483838.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 803020.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 256D8D.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 654740.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Prussian Pickelhaube C36C2D.png Painted Prussian Pickelhaube B88035.png RED Prussian Pickelhaube.png BLU Prussian Pickelhaube.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
  • [Undocumented] The Prussian Pickelhaube was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The Prussian Pickelhaube was made paintable.
  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Prussian Pickelhaube.
  • [Undocumented] The Prussian Pickelhaube can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

  • The Prussian Pickelhaube's paint texture was improved.

January 25, 2013 [Item schema update]

September 25, 2014 Patch #1

  • [Undocumented] Added the Limited attribute to the Prussian Pickelhaube.

Trivia

  • The Pickelhaube, plural Pickelhauben, is named from the old German Pickel, meaning "point" or "pickaxe," and Haube, meaning "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. The Pickelhaube was featured prominently in Allied propaganda during the first World War, and became an icon of the German Empire.

See also

References

  1. Saxton Hale   (TF2 Official Blog)      "Kiss These Items Goodbye!".      Published   January 10, 2013.      Retrieved   September 30, 2021.