Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Model 1895 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Auction Archive He was promoted Corporal on

He was promoted Corporal on October 15

obverse with central inscription reading “FOR CAMPAIGN SERVICE”

The Battalion sailed on October 12

on November 1

letters and records from local residents

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Model 1895 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube Auction Archive He was promoted Corporal on(Oldenburg Pickelhaube M1895 fr Mannschaften). A well preserved Oldenburg Model 1895 Enlisted personnel Pickelhaube, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded brass spike perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the baseplate and extends down to a boiled blackened