Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Artillery Officer’s Kugelhelm Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic pasted to a black card

pasted to a black card stock backer measuring 106 mm (w) x 155 mm (h) which has been cut out from previous album display

this 39R sized tunic is attributed to Staff Sergeant George W

the circle representative of the 22nd Infantry Battalion

It had only 24 known members

Footnote: This Imperial Order of Leopold for Officer’s was bestowed on 2 persons at a time by the head of the Order Chancellery of this Order

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Artillery Officer’s Kugelhelm Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic pasted to a black card(Bayern Kugelhelm fr einen Offizier der Feldartillerie Regimenter). A rare and exceptionally well preserved Bavarian Artillery Officers Kugelhelm (ball topped Pickelhaube variant for artillery units). Constructed of a pressed and boiled blackened leather shell, the helmet is topped by a gilded brass cruciform plate, fixed in position with four rivets, featuring a protruding post perforated with ventilation holes around the outer circumference. The