A model 1842/44 helmet for enlisted personnel, of the 1st or 3rd Pioneer Battalion. Private purchase. Leather skull, nickel-silver mountings, eagle with an oval shield bearing the cipher "FWR" (since 1844) is attached with ring nuts. Brass metal chinscales on screws. Leather cockades in the Prussian and Imperial colours (1848 - 1853). Leather lining. Maker's label in the top. One piece of the strap attaching the metal chinscales is a restoration. Beautiful, complete contemporary helmet. Unfortunately, the lacquered surface is heavily pitted. historic, historica,

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License: Licensed
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