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WWI German Buckle and ID tag Restoration. 106 Years Underground!

After 106 years buried underground, a WWI German buckle and ID tag are brought back to life. Watch the fascinating ...
Gothamist

Flashback: Pyramid Of WWI German Helmets At Grand Central In 1918

This remarkable photo, taken in 1918, shows employees of the New York Central Railroad at a celebration in Victory Way, showing off a pyramid of recovered German helmets in front of Grand Central ...
Untapped Cities

When Park Avenue Had Pyramids of 85,000 German Helmets from WWI

Five avenues west of the United Nations is Park Avenue, home to Grand Central Terminal and a slew of corporate headquarters. For one week at the end of April 1919, the stretch between 45th and 50th ...
Daily Mail

The 'pickelhaube' pyramids: How 12,000 spiked helmets captured from Germans soldiers in WWI were piled high on New York's 'Victory Way' in 1919 as part of epic post-war weapons ...

Images of German soldiers wearing their spiked helmets in the trenches are some of the most recognisable of the First World War. The famous 'pickelhaube' helmets were ditched in favour or ordinary ...
Military.com

New York City Built a WWI Victory Monument Out of 85,000 German Helmets

The United States hasn't officially celebrated the end of a war since the 1991 National Victory Celebration capped off the end of the Gulf War. Before that, Americans celebrated the end of World War ...