Oldenburgisches Infantry Regiment Nr. 91

OFFICER'S SPIKE HELMET OF THE OLDENBURGISCHES INFANTERIE REGIMENT Nr. 91, Oldenburg Pickelhaube für Offiziere im Oldenburgischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 91, model 1871/1899, Second Reich. 17767

Late-made bomb in blackened vulcanized fibers, all metal fittings in gilded brass, gilding largely absent.

State plate in stamped gilded brass, absence of a washer and a nut for its fixing, one of the threaded rods unsoldered but reglued, gilding largely absent, representing the crowned Prussian eagle spread, banner "MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND” (with God for King and Fatherland) holding in its claws the symbols of power, the scepter and the globe, chest overlaid with the coat of arms of the small arms of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in nickel silver but of the model for the band.
Coat of arms which can be described as follows, quartered, 1, gold with two fess gules (from Oldenburg); 2, azure, with the cross pattée, with a foot fixed or (from Delmenhorst); 3, azure, with the cross pattée and crowned, with a foot fixed in gold (from the principality of Lubeck); 4, checkered gules and argent (from Birkenfeld); enté in point azure, with a lion Or, armed and langued gules (of Jever).
Stamped metal cockades of the model for officer in national and state colors.
Brown leather chinstrap covered with flat scalloped scales alternating two and three gilded brass festoons; upper scales of each jugular covered with mobile rosettes.
Bomb topped with a removable smooth tip, beaded throat and pierced with two ventilation holes mounted on a round base held by four rivets in the shape of eight-pointed stars. Reverse of the visor in green coated canvas; reverse of the neck cover in red coated canvas.
Sweatband in fine brown leather, with scalloped upper edge, interior flaps of the headdress in green silk.

Germany.
Second Reich.
Gilding largely absent; absence of a washer and a nut for fixing the plate, one of the threaded rods unsoldered but glued back on. Silk shutters in poor condition.