Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive Sarah Jane Reed of Manchester

Sarah Jane Reed of Manchester

1991 by King Fahd ibn Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and awarded to members of the Coalition Forces who participated in Operation Desert Storm and the Liberation of Kuwait between January 17

1908 issue

consisting of a trapezoidal pedestal bearing an engraved inscription of “RD PAMIATKA Z RUSKA 19422” (“RAPID DIVISION MEMORY OF RUSSIA 1942”)

55 mm x 76 mm inclusive of wreath suspension

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive Sarah Jane Reed of Manchester(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