Germany, Imperial. A Rare Hesse Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment 115 Model 1895 Pickelhaube Hold 62 mm (h - inclusive

62 mm (h - inclusive of cross adorned crown suspension)

It was here that Private Rojovich was transferred to the 47th Infantry Battalion

Footnote: William Merifield was born in Victoria Australia in 1879 and enlisted in the CEF in October 1915

Awarded for brave and dashing conduct in the war 1914/1915 on the Eastern Front in Russian-Poland

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Hesse Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment 115 Model 1895 Pickelhaube Hold 62 mm (h - inclusive(Hessen Pickelhaube Modell 1895 fr Mannschaften der Leibgarde Infanterie Regiment). A rare and well preserved Hesse Leibgarde Infanterie Regiment Model 1895 Pickelhaube (spike helmet), constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. The crown is topped by a silvered brass cruciform plate, fixed in place with four domed rivets, which accommodates a ribbed spike. A silvered brass spine extends from the back of the plate and reaches the edge of a