Prussia, Kingdom. An Artillery Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Newly Listed Five bars: CAPE COLONY

Five bars: CAPE COLONY

wear to exterior

three were Killed in Action (two off the coast of China

with pouch to set the bayonet scabbard into

measuring 22 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Prussia, Kingdom. An Artillery Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Newly Listed Five bars: CAPE COLONY(Pickelhaube Insigne). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Hohenzollern eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a banner bearing an inscription of Mit Gott fr Knig und Vaterland (With God for King and Fatherland), the reverse with one of two attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 95 mm (h), minor tarnishing evident, in better than very fine condition.