Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive R/67828 Flight Sergeant Melvin Frederick

R/67828 Flight Sergeant Melvin Frederick Ramsey suffered a compound fracture of the skull

84 mm x 100 mm

the lid with a silver embossed number “25” within a cogwheel

and VIII Class (in silver

(Орден Святого Станислава

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive R/67828 Flight Sergeant Melvin Frederick(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