Germany, Imperial. A Rare Hesse Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment 115 Model 1895 Pickelhaube Hold Leader of the 6th Destroyer

Leader of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla

and overall quality is very good

Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot

Footnote: William Merifield was born in Victoria Australia in 1879 and enlisted in the CEF in October 1915

Awarded for brave and dashing conduct in the war 1914/1915 on the Eastern Front in Russian-Poland

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Hesse Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment 115 Model 1895 Pickelhaube Hold Leader of the 6th Destroyer(Hessen Pickelhaube Modell 1895 fr Mannschaften der Leibgarde Infanterie Regiment). A rare and well preserved Hesse Leibgarde Infanterie Regiment Model 1895 Pickelhaube (spike helmet), constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. The crown is topped by a silvered brass cruciform plate, fixed in place with four domed rivets, which accommodates a ribbed spike. A silvered brass spine extends from the back of the plate and reaches the edge of a