A helmet for IR 96 Battalion III Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt OfficersBlack lacquered leather body; front visor with green underlay, rear visor with red underlay; gilt: round spike base, stars, rear spine, spike and front visor trim; gilt officer front plate of Prussian Line Eagle with silver star and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt coat of arms, attached by two screw posts (extra set of holes and small eagle on gilt scepter with missing head); gilt flat chin scales with rosette side posts; Officer Imperial and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt cockades; tan leather sweatband, cream silk lining. Size circa 55 cm. Cf. "Buyer's Guide for Headgear of The Imperial German Army circa 1914", James D. Turinetti, 2015-16 edition, pg. 32.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II