Black lacquered leather helmet body with all silver metal trim. Helmet body has excellent form and firm stitching. Exterior lacquer finish shows minimal age crazing but in over all excellent condition. Interior has full elegant silk ribbon enhanced sweat leather and ribbed silk headliner. Silk headliner has the Gold embossed Royal Crown and letter "H" which is found on all items from the Princes estate. Interior visors are colored red in back and green in front. All metal trim is silvered as is proper for the elite 1st Prussian Guard Regiment. Frontplate is the silver frosted Prussian Guard Regiments Eagle with the highly vaulted silver enameled star of the Black Eagle order on the eagles breast. Above eagles head is the silver metal banner "Semper Talis" which were worn only by the staff and 1st Bat. of the 1st Guard Regiment of Foot. Flat silver chinscales mounted to helmet body with silver split brad rosettes. Officer 2 piece Reichs and Prussian cockade under chinstrap. Round spike base with fluted removable spike. Spike affixed to helmet body with 4 silver star attachments. 1st Prussian Guard of Foot was considered the elite regiment of the Imperial German Army. Helmet has no extra holes. Extremely rare Imperial German Helmet. Includes special square helmet carrying box with hand lettered name of Prince (All helmets from the Prince's estate have the same helmet box). Also included a pair of original Shoulder Boards in the rank Of General Field Marshall with silver rank pips. All items were purchased directly from the House of the Hohenzollern family in Gut Hemmelmark (where Prince Heinrich lived until his death in 1929) in 2002. Elegant ensemble. SIZE: PROVENANCE: The Doug Buhler Collection of Rare and Spectacular German Imperial Headgear and Pickelhauben; Helmut Weitze Certificate of Authenticity. CONDITION: Helmet, case and shoulder boards are in excellent condition. 51585-13 RT (20,000-35,000)