GUN SPRING 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2017
PRUSSIAN SILVER TRIMMED GUARD ENLISTED MAN'S SPIKED HELMET MODEL 1895.Black leather enlisted style helmet body with all silver trim. Helmet has good form and firm stitching. Exterior finish excellent. Interior has full black EM style tab liner. Plain colored visors. Regimental marks unreadable due to smudging and age. Frontplate is a silver Prussian guard's eagle and guard star. EM style silver spike and base. Spike removable to be replaced with plume during parade. Leather chin strap Model 1891. Enlisted style Reichs and Prussian cockades. SIZE: PROVENANCE: The Doug Buhler Collection of Rare and Spectacular German Imperial Headgear and Pickelhauben. CONDITION: Excellent inside and out. Leather liner still supple. Missing retention wedges behind frontplate. 51586-68 RT (900-1,500)