Original Imperial German Pre WWI Schleswig-Holstein Fire Brigade Pickelhaube Style Leather Helmet with State Badge Display Guns & Parts Sets and it displays an oxidized

and it displays an oxidized peppery patina on the exterior

The 446th Bomb Group

which has made some aspects of the blade faint

There is however a repair on the top of the butt stock where it meets the receiver

an Operational Training Unit (OTU)

Original Imperial German Pre WWI Schleswig-Holstein Fire Brigade Pickelhaube Style Leather Helmet with State Badge Display Guns & Parts Sets and it displays an oxidizedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition, turn of the century pickelhaube style German Fire helmet, with a boiled leather body, brass front plate (wappen), brass central comb, and brass fittings. The central plate has a star with the initials FF under a crown in the center. We could not identify what state or city this wappen represents, a good research project. Full leather lining is still mostly intact with only the top