Prussia, Kingdom. An Artillery Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Auction Archive by Maker L/56 (for Funke

by Maker L/56 (for Funke & Brüninghaus

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 mm x 68 mm

last spring

1953 to February 11

Prussia, Kingdom. An Artillery Officer’s Pickelhaube Plate Auction Archive by Maker L/56 (for Funke(Pickelhaube Insigne). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Hohenzollern eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaid by the monogram of Frederick the Great and a banner bearing an inscription of Mit Gott fr Knig und Vaterland (With God for King and Fatherland), the reverse with one of two attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 95 mm (h), minor tarnishing evident, in better than very fine condition.