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238 - Prussian Engineers’ spiked helmet, Model 1887.
See original version (French)

Estimate €500 - €600

Description

Prussian Engineers’ spiked helmet, Model 1887. Round helmet, metal-rimmed visor and leather neck flap. Spike with two ventilation holes and a beaded ring, round base with four rivets with hemispherical heads, rear rim, an eagle-emblem plate known as the ‘old regiments’ type, screwed onto the back, Model 1887 chin strap fastening hooks and a nickel-plated brass visor band. A tricolour metal Prussian cockade, attached to the right-hand side. Neck flap hot-stamped ‘3 (?)PB3 40’ and ‘II 4C’. Inner lining cut into nine wolf’s teeth. Seamless interior of the helmet, with square brass nuts and tinned washers for the plate screws, revealing several holes. Blackened round tip counter-plate. ABE (mixed condition, signs of wear, small tears in the ‘wolf’s teeth’)

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About the sale Antique Weapons & Historical Memorabilia

Auction location

Auction time 10/31/2026 at 2:00 PM

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238 - Prussian Engineers’ spiked helmet, Model 1887. See original version (French)

238 - Prussian Engineers’ spiked helmet, Model 1887.
See original version (French)