Lot 6546
A helmet for reserve officers in the Baden army, circa 1900
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather skull (surface rough, rubbed, pressure marks) with round visors and gilt brass fittings. Screw-mounted emblem (double holes) shaped as the Baden griffin, applied nickel silver reserve cross. Plate with four star-shaped screws, bead-and-reel frieze and smooth rigid head. Convex, leather-backed chinscales on plug rosettes, both cockades of lacquered sheet metal. Salmon-pink silk rep lining (minor tears, handwritten “R”), cream-coloured leather sweatband (stained, “Mars Patent”), visors backed in red and green, inside the skull the size “56”. Partially slightly damaged, signs of use and age. Rare.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
