GERMAN WWI MECKLENBURG STRELITZ RESERVE OFFICERS HELMET slight congealing to the front

slight congealing to the front and rear peaks

A well-preserved and scarce example of a Baden enlisted man’s pickelhaube

The peak is of the double-edged variety

marked 1683 in full twice on the frame

To the collar is the yellow cording

GERMAN WWI MECKLENBURG STRELITZ RESERVE OFFICERS HELMET slight congealing to the frontAny picklehaube from Mecklenburg Strelitz has to be considered amongst the rarest of all the Imperial German regiments. There were only three regiments of infantry in the small principality of Mecklenburg Strelitz, which is the second battalion of infantry regiment 89 the first and third battalions being Mecklenburg Schwerin, this example being a very nice condition large size leather skull, good gilt to all of the fittings overall, the correct flat