Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive all stamped on the back

all stamped on the back with an Aachen studio mark and printed on Agfa-Brovira paper

within a circular gilt laurel leaf wreath

two constructed of zinc

55 mm x 76 mm inclusive of wreath suspension

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive all stamped on the back(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 cross shaped baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A gilded brass bar