Lot 731
A helmet for IR 94 Saxe-Weimar Reserve Officers
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A104m | Live auction | 875 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather body; front visor with green underlay, rear visor with red underlay; gilt: round spike base, stars, rear spine, spike and front visor trim; officer front plate of gilt Prussian Reserve Eagle with the addition of an eight-pointed silver star and silver Saxon crest and a silver reserve cross, attached by two screw posts; gilt flat chin scales with rosette side posts; Officer Imperial and Saxe-Weimar cockades; brown leather sweatband, cream silk lining. Size circa 55 cm. Cf. "Buyer's Guide for Headgear of The Imperial German Army circa 1914", James D. Turinetti, 2015-16 edition, pg. 29.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
