Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Model 1868 Raupenhelm for Reserve Infantry Officer, by Christian Block certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of fine silver-grey machine

Constructed of fine silver-grey machine embroidery

bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style inscription of “KRIEGSMARINE” in Fraktur script

Footnote: George Edward Harvey was born on May 16

demonstrating the remnants of an adhesive to the reverse

Footnote: A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Model 1868 Raupenhelm for Reserve Infantry Officer, by Christian Block certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of fine silver-grey machine(Bayern Raupenhelm Modell 1868 fr einen Reserve Offizier der Infanterie). A rare and exceptionally well preserved Model 1868 Raupenhelm issued to an Officer of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry, constructed of a boiled and lacquered black leather shell. Riveted to the crown is a striking bearskin comb or caterpillar which extends from the peak to the lower back edge. Affixed to the peak is a gilded bronze plate measuring 9 cm (w) x 10 cm (h), fully