Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold arriving in France on November

arriving in France on November 27th and joining the PPCLI Battalion in the field on December 5th

with the Medal of Liberty being awarded for soldiers of junior rank and NCOs

1914-1918 War medal (106357 A

measures 43mm (w) x 47mm (h- inclusive of integral suspension ring)

returning to the 2nd Infantry Battalion on February 11th

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold arriving in France on November(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 baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A magnetic metal bar emanates from the