Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube for Officer Ranks certificate_of_authenticity An Interwar Badge

An Interwar Badge

5 cm (w) x 29 cm (h)

1916 letter from his parents

Two piece construction

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Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube for Officer Ranks certificate_of_authenticity An Interwar Badge(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offiziere der Garde Regiment). A well preserved Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube (spiked helmet) for Officer ranks, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. The crown is topped by a cruciform gilded brass plate, fixed in place with four domed rivets, which accommodates a removable spike. A gilded brass spine extends from back of the plate and meets the edge of a blackened leather neck guard, similarly fastened in