Lot 6588
A helmet M 1886 for infantry reserve officers
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black leather body (dented, crackling, with pressure marks) with gilded non-ferrous metal fittings (worn). Screwed onto the front is the large lion emblem for officers, with a silvered Reserve/Landwehr Cross superimposed upon it. Fluted, detachable spike on the cross-blade with three star-shaped rivets. Flat, leather-backed scale chains (the front section of a leather strap is missing) attached to geometric rosettes; both cockades are made of lacquered sheet metal. Red-brown silk ribbed lining (partly detached from the edge), brown leather sweatband. Also includes a helmet case (carrying strap torn). Partly slightly damaged, signs of age.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?