Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube GTRexclude ranging in size from 125

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

the quadrants joined by monograms of Elector Friedrich Christian of Saxony

Mont-Valerien and Paris bars

the lid exterior with a maker’s mark of “STAATLICHE PORZELLAN-MANUFAKTUR MEISSEN

France) was a German World War I flying ace and recipient of the Blue Max (Pour le Merite)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube GTRexclude ranging in size from 125(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