Prussian 6th Kürassier Reserve Officers Pickelhaube

Prussian 6th Kurassier - Reserve Officer helmet circa 1900. Officer Tombac metal helmet body with silver trim. Exterior metal finish in excellent condition. Helmet exterior has not been polished but still shows its fine sheen.  No extra holes in the helmet body. Standard officer type squared front visor. The frontplate is the silver Prussian Heraldic Line Eagle without Banner with a Reserve Cross on the tail. Kurassier officer style equilateral shaped silver spike base with tall fluted Tombac removable spike. Four silver studs are holding the base.

The interior of the helmet is all officer quality. Leather sweat liner with silk headliner. The leather and silk are complete but slightly soiled with age (see photo). The inside of the back visor is lined with black silk velvet (faded color with age) and the front visor with green colored thin leather.  Rounded Tombac chinscales on clover leaf rosettes held to body with screw retainers. Large Kurassier Officer sized Reich and Prussian cockades.

The 6th Kurassier Regiment helmets are very hard to find. Besides being a smaller manned regiment (compared tto the GdC and GK regiments) this regiment was stationed in Koenigsburg in far East Prussia. This entire region of East Prussia was totally destroyed in WWII. Very few of these helmets made their way into the west. After WWII many others were converted to GDC helmets as German antique shop owners felt that tourists wanted the star instead of the eagle.  Nowadays the modern collectors realize how much more RARE this helmet is.  Amazing helmet and a rare untouched find.