M1895 WW1 German Army Wurtemberg Enlisted man's Pickelhaube Helmet Japan convoy escort

convoy escort

The next entry in the War Diary on 24th November details the death of 1 officer and 1 private (Jacob) in the trenches at La Finque

they fought in the Dardanelles in 1915

Ashton first saw service in Cape Colony

Marked FKS

M1895 WW1 German Army Wurtemberg Enlisted man's Pickelhaube Helmet Japan convoy escortOriginal M1895 WW1 German Army Wurtemberg Enlisted man's Pickelhaube Helmet with mid to late war grey fittings With grey Wurtemberg plate and round spike base and spike. The leather holding the plate in place is later though it is not uncommon for this to be the case. Original cockades one for Wurtemberg and the National cockade which has lost a lot of it's paint. There is a pre reissue regiment stamp for J. R. 159 Infanterie regiment (8 Lothringen)