Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube for Officer Ranks Hold an eight-rayed star with alternating

an eight-rayed star with alternating sets of gilt and silver rays

measured flat at 46cm (shoulder to shoulder) x 62cm (shoulder to cuff) x 54

Footnote: Frank Llewellyn Houghton was born on July 18

designed with a swivelling suspension ring for the Badge

measures 42 mm (w) x 49 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube for Officer Ranks Hold an eight-rayed star with alternating(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offiziere der Garde Regiment). A well preserved Prussian Guard Regiment Pickelhaube (spiked helmet) for Officer ranks, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. The crown is topped by a cruciform gilded brass plate, fixed in place with four domed rivets, which accommodates a removable spike. A gilded brass spine extends from back of the plate and meets the edge of a blackened leather neck guard, similarly fastened in