Prussia, Kingdom. A Line Infantry Regiment Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Footnote: Laurence Ormsby Pearce was

Footnote: Laurence Ormsby Pearce was born and bred in Johannesburg

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

marked “DOUBL

metal support plate with swing locking fixture secured to the lugs

Prussia, Kingdom. A Line Infantry Regiment Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Footnote: Laurence Ormsby Pearce was(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