Prussia, Kingdom. An Infanterie-Regiment 88 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac should not be mistaken for

should not be mistaken for "Fe" that sometimes appeared after the manufacture code meaning "Feldfiltereinsatz" (field filter)

and active service with the Tirah expedition of 1897-1898

on no account part with it

Blockade Runner Badge by Schwerin

slight damage along edges

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infanterie-Regiment 88 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac should not be mistaken for(Preuen Pickelhaube fr Mnner der Infanterie Regiment 88). An Infanterie Regiment 88 Enlisted personnel Pickelhaube, constructed of a boiled and blackened leather shell. Situated atop the crown is a gilded brass spike perforated around the neck with ventilation holes, and which is secured in place with a baseplate featuring four rivets. A bar of identical construction emanates from the back of the baseplate and extends down to a boiled and blackened