GERMAN WWI BAVARIAN GENERAL’S PICKELHAUBE.

A nice condition Bavarian General’s pickelhaube, all leather skull with excellent form, slight crazing to the rear peak and slight congealing to the square edge cut front peak. All of the fittings, which include the back strap, cruciform spike base, fluted spike, large three dimensional extra quality front plate and domed chin scales including front peak trim all in white metal. The Bavarian multi coloured enamelled Coat of Arms to the centre of the plate neatly cut into the plate itself and not overlaid on top with minor chipping to the upper part of the enamel plate. Complete with its national and Bavarian State cockades. To the interior the mid tan leather sweatband with good colour and evidence of wear use with its original internal cream silk inner liner. One slight tear to the leather of the sweatband in the forehead area. Traces of a pencil marked name to the light tan upper inner colour of the dome of the helmet.

Code: 79386