Baden, Grand Duchy. A Pickelhaube Plate Archive but likely purchased by Friedrich

but likely purchased by Friedrich Orth to fill production gaps

Wartime issued

a red leatherette exterior with velvet medalbed interior and white silk lid marked J

with a single sword piercing her heart (in reference to the prophecy of Simeon and her sharing in the suffering of her son on the cross) while tears stream down her face

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Pickelhaube Plate Archive but likely purchased by Friedrich(Baden Helmwappen fr eine Pickelhaube). Constructed of gilded brass, the obverse consisting of a vaulted and crowned griffin wielding a sword and shield bearing a Baden coat of arms, situated above a plaque bearing an inscription of MIT GOTT F. FUERST U. VATERLAND (WITH GOD FOR PRINCE AND FATHERLAND), the reverse with two threaded screw posts retaining original nuts, unmarked, measuring 12. 5 cm (w) x 11 cm (h), in better than very fine condition.