Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive 1908 issue

1908 issue

within a circular gilt laurel leaf wreath

consisting of a trapezoidal pedestal bearing an engraved inscription of “RD PAMIATKA Z RUSKA 19422” (“RAPID DIVISION MEMORY OF RUSSIA 1942”)

gilt wear evident throughout

two constructed of zinc

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive 1908 issue(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offizier der Zollbeamte). A Pickelhaube for an Officer of the Prussian Customs Service, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded and ribbed brass spike with a ball tip, perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a cross shaped baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A gilded brass bar