Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Garde Infantry Regiment Pickelhaube Plate GTRexclude R at the top

R at the top

the reverse centrepiece rotated approximately 45 degrees clockwise

also features eight carved notches

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (404896) with the 35th Infantry Battalion

One peculiar picture shows him on an upside-down stool on top of a table

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Garde Infantry Regiment Pickelhaube Plate GTRexclude R at the top(Preuen Helmadler fr eine Pickelhaube Mannschaften der Garde Regiment). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a Prussian imperial eagle clutching a sword and sceptre, overlaid by a banner bearing an inscription of MITT GOTT FR KOENIG UND VATERLAND (WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND), in turn bearing a silvered eight pointed star with a central Prussian eagle circumscribed by an inscription of SUUM CUIQUE (TO EACH HIS OWN),