Black leather body with gilt brass trim. Body in excellent form with firm stitching. Square front visor trim. Exterior finish is nearly flawless. Interior with sweat leather and silk head liner. Inside visors are not colored. No extra holes to body. Fire gilded Royal Wuerttemberg frontplate with plain silver Reserve cross in center. Gold crossed spike base and smooth non-removable spike. Flat gilded chinscales with rosette. Gold retaining stars to spike. Officer Reichs and Wuerttemberg cockades. SIZE: PROVENANCE: Helmut Weitze Certificate of Authenticity; The Doug Buhler Collection of Rare and Spectacular German Imperial Headgear and Pickelhauben. CONDITION: Excellent inside and out. Lacquer very shiny. Interior liner and sweat liner smudged and showing genuine wear. 51586-51 RT (1,850-2,250)