Imperial German Hessian Other Ranks Pickelhaube, leather bodied pickelhaube with brass fittings. State of Hesse other ranks pattern helmet plate to the centre. Complete with other ranks pattern leather chinstrap supported by state and national cockades. Brass front trim and rear spine. Circular spike base and standard pattern brass spike as opposed to the Hessian pattern spike. Interior is complete with the leather liner to the interior and original owners name written to the underside of the rear peak. Interior of the shell is ink stamped ‘B.A XIV’, this is not an army group associated with the state of Hesse, so it would be possible that this helmet plate was changed at some point in its life, possibly at the time as all the fittings match in patina and the helmet has no extra holes. Some shellac missing from the shell but overall a good example. Late Gordon Anderson collection