Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive and VIII Class (in silver

and VIII Class (in silver

minor hairline cracks and minimal chipping to white enamel

27 mm in diameter

84 mm x 100 mm

and is acknowledged as having been wounded twice while in France

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive and VIII Class (in silver(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offizier der Zollbeamte). A Pickelhaube for an Officer of the Prussian Customs Service, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded and ribbed brass spike with a ball tip, perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a cross shaped baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A gilded brass bar