IMPERIAL GERMAN HESSEN LIEB GARDE INFANTERIE REGIMENT NR 115 PICKELHAUBE, good example of a officer quality NCO’s / 1 year volunteers pickelhaube in leather with its white metal Hessen helmet plate with starburst to the centre and additional scroll with honour date ‘1621’. Hessen pattern cruciform spike base with domed rivets, special pattern fluted spike for the state of Hesse. Special type other ranks style cockades for the state of Hesse and reichs pattern. White metal scaled chinstraps. Interior of the helmet with leather sweatband and cloth lining. Some inked details of the original issued owner to the inside. Some wear and crazing to the shell but still a good example of a hard helmet from the Imperial era to find.