Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pickelhaube Plate for Reserve Personnel certificate_of_authenticity and “Louis Gottlieb & Söhne

and “Louis Gottlieb & Söhne

the reverse maker marked “SCHWERTNER

deployed to North Russia during the closing stages of the First World War and the subsequent Russian Civil War

Footnote: This strap came from the personal collection of John R

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pickelhaube Plate for Reserve Personnel certificate_of_authenticity and “Louis Gottlieb & Söhne(Preuen Helmadler fr die Pickelhaube fr Mannschaften der Reserve). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, unmarked, measuring 13 cm (w) x 11. 5 cm (h), demonstrating tarnishing throughout the base metal and the loss of all of its attachment prongs, in very fine condition.