Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Model 1915 Artillery Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Newly Listed Footnote: The Ehrenkreuz für Frauen

Footnote: The Ehrenkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen was created on March 22

prior to taking off for a night-time training exercise

The shako is enhanced by its period

including rubbing out of the scabbard inscription

Berlin W8 Friedrichstraße 188” on a small metal plate attached to the reverse

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Model 1915 Artillery Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Newly Listed Footnote: The Ehrenkreuz für Frauen(Hesse Kugelhelm fr Mnner der Artillerie). A Hesse Model 1915 Pickelhaube for artillery Enlisted personnel, constructed of a black vulcan fibre shell. Situated atop the crown is an oxidized magnetic metal ball perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a cross shaped baseplate featuring four rivets. A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the baseplate and extends down to a black vulcan