Prussia, Kingdom. A Line Infantry Regiment Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction marked “DOUBL

marked “DOUBL

It is marked in handwritten red ink "43" in two places

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Prussia, Kingdom. A Line Infantry Regiment Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction marked “DOUBL(Preuen Pickelhaube fr einen Offizier der Linien Infanterie). A striking and exceptionally well preserved Prussian Line Infantry Regiment Officers Pickelhaube, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. The exterior crown is topped by a polished brass disc secured in place with four rivets topped by eight pointed star caps. Emanating from the disc is a two piece spike, with the throat perforated by two ventilation holes and with the top