Mecklenburg 18th Dragoon Enlisted Pickelhaube

Mecklenburg-Schwerin 18th Dragoon Regiment (2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Schwerin Dragoon Regiment) - circa 1890. An “out of the woodwork’. Leather helmet body with squared front visor and silver metal trim. Black lacquered leather helmet body and firm stitching. No extra holes in helmet body. The frontplate is the gold rising sun star with the frosted silver Arms of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the center.

The helmet has a silver crossed spike base with old style pearl drop ornamentation at base of spike. Tall fluted removable spike. Silver screw back domed studs retain cross base to helmet body. On the inside of the helmet under the spike base is a large, stamped metal plume support. Helmet interior has black leather EM style headliner. Natural leather colored inside front and rear visor. No markings legible. Original silver convex rounded chinscales and silver screw rosettes. Original Prussian cockade on the left side and Mecklenburg cockade on the right side The cockades have lost most of their color (see photo).. RARE Regiment. Bargain priced