Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate United Republic of This grouping is accompanied by

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then later transferred to the 23rd Reserve Battalion on May 11th

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most of the latter insignia having been lost to time

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infantry Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate United Republic of This grouping is accompanied by(Pickelhaube Insigne). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a Hohenzollern eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a Cross Patte bearing an inscription of Mit Gott fr Knig und Vaterland (With God for King and Fatherland) and date of 1813, the reverse with Cross Pattes two attachment prongs visible, with all three reverse attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 130 mm (w) x 114 mm