A helmet for DR 18 Mecklenburg Officers, with bushBlack lacquered leather body; front visor with green underlay, rear visor with red underlay; silver: cross spike base, rear spine, trichter and front visor trim; gilt cross base stars: gold officer front plate of Mecklenburg star with silver coat of arms surrounded by laurel wreath and crown, attached by two screw posts (one enlarged hole); silver convex chin scales with silver rosette side posts; Imperial Officer and Prussian cockades; brown leather sweatband, brown silk lining; black hair bush with silver fluted trichter. Size circa 56 cm. Cf. "Buyer's Guide for Headgear of The Imperial German Army circa 1914", James D. Turinetti, 2015-16 edition, pg. 63.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II