Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube United Republic of 5 mm (w) x 127

5 mm (w) x 127 mm (h)

all on a pressed grayish green felt base

constructed of black rayon with BeVo style silvery-grey threaded machine embroidery on the reverse in Sütterlin script

Stufe des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler mit Schwertern” in golden lettering

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube United Republic of 5 mm (w) x 127(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offizier der Zollbeamte). A Pickelhaube for an Officer of the Prussian Customs Service, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded and ribbed brass spike with a ball tip, perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A magnetic metal bar emanates from the