Lot 6806
A Prussian helmet for reserve officers of the infantry, circa 1900
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather skull (dented, craquelure, rubbed) with gilt non-ferrous metal fittings (darkened), visor seams undone. Screw-mounted line eagle (both nuts missing) with applied silver reserve cross, smooth spike on plate with four star screws. Flat, leather-backed chin-scales on plug rosettes and both cockades in lacquered sheet metal. Beige silk rep lining (slightly stained, partly detached from the border), ochre-coloured leather sweatband, visors backed in red and green, inside the skull the old size indication “55 1/2” and “D.O.V.” as well as “Böttger” and “L.I.R. 35”. Slightly damaged in places, signs of age.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
