Origin: Germany, in the vicinity of Great and Little Steinhelm near the city of Frankfurt. Said to have been originated from the French Bagdad, the Turkish Bagdad (a short beaked Bagdad now extinct that existed in Saxony) and field pigeons. First used as a foraging utility breed. Exhibited for the first time in the 1920's or somewhat earlier.

Size and Carriage: Of field pigeon type but heavier, larger, and more extensive.

Head: Long and narrow with a medium high forehead. The head is well rounded with the highest part of the head being in the middle of the forehead above the eye. For the most part the breed is plain headed but a pointed crest variety is recognized.

Beak: Long, 33 to 35 mm in length. Upper and lower mandibles to be of equal thickness with the upper mandible being slightly bent at its tip. Beak to be well closed. The beak line does not pass uninterrupted into the skull line as the beak is pinched at its base. In all colors the beak should be flesh colored although a slightly horn colored beak is allowed in the blue and black varieties.

Wattle: Long and lying level. The wattle is "V" shaped with no part over the
beak. Fine in texture and of a very light flesh color and lightly powdered.

Eye: In whites a dark eye is required. All other colors are to have a red or orange eye.

Cere: Consists of two rings of which the inner one loosely encircles the eye. The ceres are round and fine in appearance, not powerfully developed and bright red in color.

Neck: Not too long or thin with no projecting neck vertebra.

Throat: Well curved showing no gullet (dewlap).

Breast: Broad, heavy and well rounded extending forward.

Back: Long and sloping. Passing into the tail unnoticed.

Wings: Well closed, on line with back. When at rest the tail forms a 45 degree angle with the ground.

Feathering: Tightly laid.

Colors and Design: Self colored in white, black, red, yellow, blue in both barred and badess, silver blue, and lark colored. Colors to be rich and pure with much luster although amonq the reds, yellows, and blacks a duller coloration in the primary flights, back, tail, and belly is allowed.