Original Imperial German Prussian M1856/57 Pickelhaube with Extremely Scarce 75mm Cockade & Partial Chinscales U.S. Ordnance - CAPE COLONY (11 October

- CAPE COLONY (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902): For service in the Cape of Good Hope where no clasp for a specific action in the Cape had been received

we cannot see any trace of the rolling mill stamping

Elastolin is a trademark used by the German company O&M Hausser (O&M Haußer) for the toy soldiers and other types of figures it manufactured from composite material and later from plastic

plugged with a red piece of wood as required

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Original Imperial German Prussian M1856/57 Pickelhaube with Extremely Scarce 75mm Cockade & Partial Chinscales U.S. Ordnance - CAPE COLONY (11 OctoberOriginal Item. Only One Available. On 26 June 1856, an AKO directed that the convex brass chinscales would be changed to flat brass chinscales for all Infantry units. Cavalry and Field Artillery units, however, continued to utilize convex chinscales. For all units, the new chinscales hooked together in the center with a small ball and corresponding hole when not worn under the chin and the the long retaining bolt of 1842 was replaced by a simple