Lot 6673
A helmet for reserve officers in the Brunswick Infantry Regiment No. 92
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather skull with round front visor, gilt fittings and brown leather sweatband with ribbed silk lining (some losses). The plate with star-shaped screws, a bead and reel frieze and detachable spike. The line eagle (the broken-off scepter is included loose; the rear threaded posts resoldered to fit the helmet body); without Fürstenbandeau but with appliquéd silver death's head with velvet-lined eyes above the reserve cross. Smooth chin scales on plug rosettes and officer's cockades, the state cockade repainted. Typical helmet of a reserve officer, as until 1912 only the 3rd Battalion and thereafter the entire Regiment wore the "Totenkopf".Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
