Black lacquered leather body with gilt trim. Leather body has good form and firm stitching. Interior with sweat leather and silk head liner. Visors colored. No extra holes in body. Body has overall fine crazing due to age. Front and back visors more heavily crazed. Shorter early style officer's spike. Finely fire gilded Baden officer's frontplate. Flat chinscales with Reichs and non-serrated Baden officer cockades. SIZE: PROVENANCE: Robert H. Haskell, III Estate Collection, James D. Julia, Inc., sold March 2015; The Doug Buhler Collection of Rare and Spectacular German Imperial Headgear and Pickelhauben. CONDITION: Overall very fine condition. Leather body slightly shrunken with age. Finish has no breaks but is irregular. Metal trim in excellent shape with fine gilding to Baden dragon. Interior shows much use with slight staining and tearing to silk head liner. Back visor also discolored. 51586-36 RT (2,000-2,500)