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Prussia, Sergeant's helmet from the Cavalry Guards Squadron M/1901. Nickel-plated skull with gold-plated mounts. A single-fluted front visor and a single-piece rear visor, both lined with red fabric. A high, fluted screw-in peak on a peak neck with a cruciform vent and a flat crosspiece with four round-head screws. A high-domed, multi-piece, silver-plated and partially gold-plated guards star, the round band bearing the motto "Suum Cuique" is not enameled. A leather sweatband and brown silk lining show signs of wear. Uncleaned, original condition. Extremely rare! Only a few examples produced!
The Cavalry Guards Squadron was established on October 1, 1901, and assigned to the Life Guards Hussar Regiment in Potsdam. Disbanded in 1905, the note in the 1905 rank list reads "arrived on October 1, 1905." This is clearly a sergeant's helmet, not an officer's helmet (as depicted and incorrectly described in J. Hilsenbeck's book "German Officers' Helmets from the Imperial Era 1870-1918," Volume 2, Steinach-Verlag, Reutlingen, 2007, p. 211). The front and rear visors of the helmet offered here are enlisted, although the highly domed guards star is not enameled. Officers' helmets have a double-fluted front visor, and the rear visor is multi-part, as is the guards star enameled white under the motto. Officer helmets of the Jäger zu Pferd (hunters on horseback) were supposed to be blued, but were worn by the officers in a shiny, nickel-plated finish (to be more similar to the cuirassiers), and the sergeants did the same.
This one is on auction from Kube later this week. Discussing w Tony S he couldn’t find any reference on it, what are the thoughts on this?
Liebgendarmerie as well or as stated in the catalogue?
