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*Pre WWI* Imperial Prussian Fire Brigade Helmet with Helmet Plate & Combe Cockade / Plume. Sn 16678. - 16678 An original early 20th Century Imperial Prussian Fire Brigade helmet. (Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and de jure by an Allied decree in 1947. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany). The black Pickelhaube style helmet is made of hard-boiled leather. It has front and rear visors. The helmet has a brass top comb red cockade / plume. It has its original leather backed brass scales chin strap & buckle. The front has its original large white metal plate. On the inside it has leather sweatband liner with cord. It is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16678 £445.00
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