Prussia, Kingdom. An Infanterie-Regiment 88 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with brass dolphin placed above

with brass dolphin placed above the badge (unit insignia)

each pinned with silvered magnetic metal buttons secured in place by reverse pins

10th Field Artillery

while the original institution date of “1813” appears in raised numbers on the bottom arm

Reichling could speak English

Prussia, Kingdom. An Infanterie-Regiment 88 Enlisted Personnel Pickelhaube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with brass dolphin placed above(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