Original German WWI Bavarian M1886 Reserve Artillery Officer Pickelhaube Helmet with Ball Top U.S. Ammo the illustrator who helped create

the illustrator who helped create this iconic poster for Marine recruitment

The details throughout the eagle are sharp throughout the head

the blade rating is good

indicating it was made in 1884

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Original German WWI Bavarian M1886 Reserve Artillery Officer Pickelhaube Helmet with Ball Top U.S. Ammo the illustrator who helped createOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a traditional German first world war Bavarian Landwehr Reserve Officer's brass mounted leather helmet known as a Pickelhaube, set up with a ball (kugel) on the spike, indicating Artillery issue. The M1886 Bavarian Pickelhaube was the final evolution in a long series of spiked helmets, and is very similar to the Prussian version. The M1886 version features a cruciform spike base on ALL helmets, both enlisted