Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold with its original metal hardware

with its original metal hardware

the reverse states the award was given for placing second in a 400m race

(Orden Heinrich des Löwen Ehrenzeichen I

John Roberts of Aylmer

Following the breakdown of armistice negotiations in August 1951

Prussia, Kingdom. A Customs Officer’s Pickelhaube Hold with its original metal hardware(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Offizier der Zollbeamte). A Pickelhaube for an Officer of the Prussian Customs Service, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded and ribbed brass spike with a ball tip, perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. The latter are capped with eight pointed radiant stars. A magnetic metal bar emanates from the