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Title Baden other ranks pickelhaube plate, model 1896
Nationality German
Period c 1900
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The Duchy of Baden was one of the minor German states to survive intact the Vienna Conference of 1814 and on into the second Reich under Wilhelm II. This is the last pattern plate for the Baden pickelhaube, worn throughout WW1.

This is a die-struck plate with lead soldered fittings on the reverse. It has a slightly crumpled look and there is one serious split at the base of the shield running across the title. It has perhaps 20% of its original gilt finish left on the face of the plate and the back is patinated with age. There is a little verdigris on the highlights of the right wing of the griffin.

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[Militaria : Badges : German : 20th Century]

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Incredibly, I received your shipment today. Super fast delivery, I was expecting it on Saturday. The helmet was, as you said, 100%. The side cap is excellent also...

L T, USA, 08.06.2006

Hanger arrived safe and sound 11.30ish today. Very pleased, it's as expected. Your excellent pics make all the difference in terms of confident buying over the net. As a matter of interest, the frog, which as you said is very a/f, is, as you thought, 'spot on'. On closer inspection it is a mk.1 Naval Frog, designated 'for cutlasses'. Date seems around 1860ish give or take.

By the way, I think your site is very user friendly. Seems to work much better than many and up to date, a rarity!!!

C W, UK, 20.04.2006

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