Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Newly Listed He embarked Southampton

He embarked Southampton

the sight of German sailors on the casing dressed in shorts and swimming trunks looked very suspicious

101 mm x 146 mm

some gilt wear but overall very fine condition

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Newly Listed He embarked Southampton(Pickelhaube Insigne). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a Hohenzollern eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a Cross Patte bearing an inscription of Mit Gott fr Knig und Vaterland (With God for King and Fatherland) and date of 1813, the reverse with Cross Pattes two attachment prongs visible, with all three reverse attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 130 mm (w) x 114 mm