There’s a story that back in the ‘80s, when Bill Gates was already rich, he went to the store one day to buy a pint of ice cream. He stood at the check-out for several minutes as he fumbled through all his pockets. "I’m sure I had a 25¢ coupon here somewhere." Finally a big, burly guy standing behind him tossed a quarter on the counter and said, “Here, big shot, now get out of the way.”
It was the Germans, not the Nazis. The “coal scuttle” design goes back to World War I, when the warring parties discovered shrapnel. When shells were fused to explode in the air, so some of the shrapnel would be blown downward into the trenches, both sides realized their soldiers needed steel helmets for protection. The Germans followed the pattern of their traditional Pickelhaube, which actually gave greater protection to the nape of the neck. The Pickelhaube, or spiked helmet, was made from leather, so didn’t really offer much protection.
Forgot to mention, David Koch tried to persuade him to relocate to the U.S. to work at Cato Institute, but Hayek pointed out he would not be eligible for Social Security. He would get much better benefits from the Austrian government (no embarrassment at all). Instead of offering to set up a pension/annuity for him, Koch let him go. Just as well.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.