Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Abzeichen und Insignien)

(Luftwaffe Abzeichen und Insignien)

STUPEN" on the lid

Mont-Valerien and Paris bars

ranging in size from 125 mm (w) x 85 mm (h) to 140 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Abzeichen und Insignien)(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