Baden Private Purchase NCO Infantry Pickelhaube

Baden Infantry private purchase NCO Model 1897. All officer quality construction. Black lacquered leather helmet body with brass gilded trim. The helmet body has perfect form and firm stitching. Exterior lacquer is dulled with age but is complete with no damage or lacquer loss. No extra holes in the helmet body. The interior has officer quality soft leather headliner and white silk headliner. Interior visors are plain leather. No markings in helmets.

The gilded brass trim is also officer quality. The spike base has NCO pearl ring and non-removable spike. The base is held to helmet body with brass domed retainers that are screw type. The frontplate is the gilded Baden Griffin that has screw back retainers. Flat gilt chinscales on rosettes. Officer style 2 piece Reichs cockade and furled non-serrated Baden cockade. The helmet is uncleaned and never polished it retains 100% of its original fire gilting. Outstanding representative of a Baden infantry NCO.