Lot 6588

A helmet M 1886 for infantry reserve officers

Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots

Starting Price € 600

Countdown for bids : 32 days and 5 hours left

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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?

General Information

The auction starts on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 10 am (CET) with Lot no. 6001 - 7079 and continues on Wednesday, November 25 at 10 am (CET) with Lot no. 7080 - 7502. The pre-sale view will take place from November 9 - November 13, 2026 in our auction rooms at Bretonischer Ring 3 in 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich from 11 am to 5 pm (CET). Please make an appointment if possible to avoid waiting times.