From 1875 to 1890 the band wore pickelhaube instead of shakos. The Pickelhaube is a Central European military helmet with a finial topped by a spike. The pith helmet and the leather pickelhaube were important 19th century developments. Participating soldiers wear stahlhelm and pickelhaube helmets and march in unaltered stechschritt. The use of the Pickelhaube spread rapidly to other German principalities. He has a Hitler Mustache and a Pickelhaube. The Pickelhaube was discontinued in 1916. It consisted of "leadership from the center", the minister explained, and not one "with Pickelhaube".