Duchy of Brunswick model 1895 officer's helmet Patent leather shell. White metal tip, base and chinstrap. Brass base stars and double leather chinstrap scales. Chin strap bosses, Prussian eagle plate and skull and crossbones motif with black velvet-trimmed eyes in silver-plated metal. Brown leather and moire inner headpiece. Officer's cockades in Prussian and Reich colors. Reassembled plate, skull and crossbones motif attached later. A.B.E.