M1895 Prussian 33rd Fusiliers Pickelhaube

An M1995 mannschaften (em) pickelhaube for the 33rd Fusilier Regiment with rare front plate and Landwehr Cross adornment. Black leather helmet has slight cracking and flaking with age. Brass 1887 pattern spike. Pre-1915 brass fittings. M91 leather chinstrap with twin buckles. National and Prussian side cockades look as if they may have been re-painted. Prussian brass plate has a 33rd Fusiliers front-plate attached, celebrating the fact that the regiment previously formed the bodyguard to the Queen of Sweden. Landwehr Cross in white metal is attached, dated 1813, which was when Pomerania in Eastern Prussia was liberated from Napoleon.

Code: 12954