PRUSSIAN/BADEN GENERAL OFFICER’S HELMET.

Prussian General Officer’s helmet with Baden feathered plume. Frontplate is the Prussian Guard style wide winged eagle with a silver star on the eagle breast. The enameled center star is the High Order of the Prussian Black Eagle Order. Black fiber body with bright gilt trim. Maker “Depahag Patent”. Body with excellent form and firm stitching. Interior sweat leather with silk head liner. Visors colored. Exterior finish in near mint condition with no cracks or crazing. No extra holes in body. Crossed spike base with fluted trichter on which a white, yellow and red cock feather plume is placed. This plume is worn by the members of the Royal Family of Baden. Finely gilded guard eagle with star in enamel center. Enamel is in excellent condition. Rounded chin scales with standard Reichs and Baden cockades. Unique and unusual helmet purchased from a well known European house. Use of the Baden colored feather plume was not regulation. It was supposed that this was worn by a member of the Baden Royal Family when reviewing troops from the Baden army corps. Without doubt a genuine Baden colored feather plume. Extremely rare and unusual. Includes conical black helmet carrying case. PROVENANCE: Robert H. Haskell, III Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent condition inside and out. Helmet body is without flaws. Only showing slight matte to finish due to age. Interior liner shows mild use with some small discoloration to silk head liner. Slight turning in on left side of back visor. Marked size “58”, which is large and corresponds with head size of a Baden Grand Duke. Feather plume shows small amount of feather loss. Colors are still bright. Metal trim fine quality gilding and maintains bright appearance. 4-50221-30 RT31 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 3286

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3286	$10,925.00	PRUSSIAN/BADEN GENERAL OFFICER’S HELMET. Prussian General Officer’s helmet with Baden feathered plume. Frontplate is the Prussian Guard style wide winged eagle with a silver star on the eagle breast. The enameled center star is the High Order of the Prussian Black Eagle Order. Black fiber body with bright gilt trim. Maker “Depahag Patent”. Body with excellent form and firm stitching. Interior sweat leather with silk head liner. Visors colored. Exterior finish in near mint condition with no cracks or crazing. No extra holes in body. Crossed spike base with fluted trichter on which a white, yellow and red cock feather plume is placed. This plume is worn by the members of the Royal Family of Baden. Finely gilded guard eagle with star in enamel center. Enamel is in excellent condition. Rounded chin scales with standard Reichs and Baden cockades. Unique and unusual helmet purchased from a well known European house. Use of the Baden colored feather plume was not regulation. It was supposed that this was worn by a member of the Baden Royal Family when reviewing troops from the Baden army corps. Without doubt a genuine Baden colored feather plume. Extremely rare and unusual. Includes conical black helmet carrying case. PROVENANCE: Robert H. Haskell, III Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent condition inside and out. Helmet body is without flaws. Only showing slight matte to finish due to age. Interior liner shows mild use with some small discoloration to silk head liner. Slight turning in on left side of back visor. Marked size “58”, which is large and corresponds with head size of a Baden Grand Duke. Feather plume shows small amount of feather loss. Colors are still bright. Metal trim fine quality gilding and maintains bright appearance. 4-50221-30 RT31 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 3286 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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PRUSSIAN/BADEN GENERAL OFFICER’S HELMET.