Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive (Орден Святого Станислава

(Орден Святого Станислава

bearing a machine-embroidered tri-colour centerpiece flanked by gold bullion wire oak leaves

Among his decorations are the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class (1914 and 1939) and the German Cross in Silver

and VIII Class (in silver

and is acknowledged as having been wounded twice while in France

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Auction Archive (Орден Святого Станислава(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offizier der Zollbeamte). A Pickelhaube for an Officer of the Prussian Customs Service, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded and ribbed brass spike with a ball tip, perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a cross shaped baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A gilded brass bar