Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Model 1868 Raupenhelm for Reserve Infantry Officer, by Christian Block certificate_of_authenticity bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style inscription

bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style inscription of “KRIEGSMARINE” in Fraktur script

They are accompanied by a period original brown leather case

Footnote: A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

with some loss of finish visible to the core

and at the Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company and Zenith Dredge Company at Duluth

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Rare Model 1868 Raupenhelm for Reserve Infantry Officer, by Christian Block certificate_of_authenticity bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style inscription(Bayern Raupenhelm Modell 1868 fr einen Reserve Offizier der Infanterie). A rare and exceptionally well preserved Model 1868 Raupenhelm issued to an Officer of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry, constructed of a boiled and lacquered black leather shell. Riveted to the crown is a striking bearskin comb or caterpillar which extends from the peak to the lower back edge. Affixed to the peak is a gilded bronze plate measuring 9 cm (w) x 10 cm (h), fully