Lot 928
A helmet for Prussian Guard Reserve Pioneer Officers, with bush
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A102m | Live auction | 258 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather body; front visor with green underlay, rear visor with red underlay, silver: round spike base, rear spine, trichter, spike and rounded front visor trim; gilt reserve cross and star studs (two splintas type two screw posts), silver officer front plate of Prussian Guard Eagle with enamelled Order of the Black Eagle, attached by two splintas; gilt flat chin scales with silver rosette side posts; Imperial Officer and Prussian cockades; dark brown torn leather sweatband, no silk lining, white hair bush with silver trichter. Size circa 50 cm. Cf. "Buyer's Guide for Headgear of The Imperial German Army circa 1914", James D. Turinetti, 2015-16 edition, pg. 49.Condition: II Questions about the lot?