Germany, Imperial. A Rare Hesse Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment 115 Model 1895 Pickelhaube Hold Footnote: William Merifield was born

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

measuring 105 mm (w) x 217 mm (h) x 40 mm (h)

the German advance was stopped

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 Footnote: William Merifield was born(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