28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
A First World War Prussian Artillery EM's Kugelhelm, in black leather with magnetic silvered metal fittings of detachable ball top with bayonet fixing, five ventilation holes and circular base plate, the back rib with sliding ventilation cover, helmet plate with later leather wedges, the front visor with metal trim, enamelled kokarden, leather chin strap with two brass buckles, with leather liner, the inner visor stencilled B.CVIII. 1915, E.A.R.53, the inner skull stamped with maker's name Maury & Co.
Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £400
Wear to the silver plated finish. Crackling and blistering to the surface of the leather on the front and back visors.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Jun, 2023
An interesting and varied sale including a Collection of Prussian and German Pickelhauben, and various pieces of Second World War British military headgear, cap badges, air weapons, antique firearms, and pistols. Highlights of the sale include a Rare First World War Tank Driver's Leather Helmet, a Mid-17th Century German Wheel-lock Sporting Gun, and a 19th Century Asmat "Ndambirkus" Ancestor Skull, New Guinea.
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Tuesday 27th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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