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ARTIFACT:
WWI Prussian spiked helmet, (Pickelhaube) with nice paper label for Musketier Pelzer 1st Ref. Regiment 1st Grf. BN Infantry Regiment 143. The helmet is hardened black leather with reinforced with metal trim and a silver plate with a metal spike at the crown. The painted steel ornamental plate is silver in color and features an eagle facing the viewer's left with wings spread and reads: "MIT Š GOTT- FUR Š KOENIG Š UND Š VATERLAND" with the letters "FR" in the center of the eagle's breast.
VINTAGE:
Circa WWI
SIZE:
Approximately 22" inside circumference; 7" ear to ear; 9 _" back to front; 9" tall (including spike)
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Leather, painted steel, paper
ATTACHMENT:
None.
MARKINGS:
"MUSKETIER Š PELZER Š 1. REFRU(???) DEPOT 1. Grf. Btl. Bn. Regt. 143" "5.J.R. 1907" (on rear brim) and handwritten "E St" in pencil inside dome.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from Prussian militaria collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. CON-JST-20-15 LCDEX2/15 SLCHEX4/15 SCJJX4/15
CONDITION:
6- (Fine): Pickelhaube has rough liner with missing pieces, plate is period replacement, metal missing maker mark, and nearly all the painted details remain intact.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
