Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Model 1915 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Archive 1945 to April 10

1945 to April 10

and rare in this condition

Lieutenant Karl Schmid (pilot) and Sergeant Johann Hoffmann (radio operator) survived and were captured

the centre obverse presents an embossed design of a train above the inscription WEIHNACHTEN IM FELDE 1916

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Model 1915 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Archive 1945 to April 10(Oldenburg Pickelhaube M1915 fr Mannschaften). An Oldenburg Model 1915 Pickelhaube for Enlisted personnel, constructed of a black vulcan fibre shell. Situated atop the crown is an oxidized magnetic metal spike perforated along the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the baseplate and extends down to a black vulcan fibre neck guard.