GUN SPRING 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2017
WWI CLOTH FIELD COVER FOR THE 2ND LANDWEHR REGIMENT.Brown cloth field cover with the green Landwehr cross/"2". Cloth cover should have been affixed to helmet with metal hooks which have all been lost. Cloth is brittle with age. Spike portion has major tears, damage and cloth loss. Inside field cover is a very faint maker's stamp with the date "1915". Cloth cover is mounted on a Model 1915 field gray Prussian helmet. Helmet is missing frontplate, but has chin strap, spike and cockades. Interior of helmet still has the leather liner. SIZE: PROVENANCE: The Doug Buhler Collection of Rare and Spectacular German Imperial Headgear and Pickelhauben. CONDITION: Cloth field cover in fragile condition due to its age. Loss of retaining hooks prevents from proper mounting. Tears in spike bag are significant. Leather helmet is good but missing frontplate. 51586-56 RT (400-600)