Prussia, Kingdom. A Grenadier Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold The black patent leather visor

The black patent leather visor has a black patent leather strap resting along the top edge

1948 for final burial

measures 72mm (w) x 72mm (h)

The cap exhibits scattered mothing and wear spots on the exterior

A grouping of First War period items

Prussia, Kingdom. A Grenadier Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold The black patent leather visor(Preuen Pickelhaube fr einen Offizier im Grenadier Regiment). A well preserved Prussian Grenadier Officers Pickelhaube, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded brass spike perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the plate and extends down to a boiled and blackened