WW1 German Saxon Reserve Artillery Officers Pickelhaube & Trench Cover

A fine Saxon reserve Artillery officers ball top pickelhaube complete with trench cover.
This stunning piece is in quite superb condition of shellac coated boiled leather construction with gilded officers brass fittings retaining much of their burnished highlights .The ball top immediately identifies this piece as for Artillery troops with the frosted silver reservists cross on the front plate . As is well known most reserve regiments were fighting during WW1 . With correct chinscales & Saxon/national cockades being of the larger pattern these are totally correct for this State. Interior is finished with fine satin lining & styled leatherette headband very typical of officer issue. The trench cover is of the officers issue with fibre lips to front & back edge as opposed to the other ranks issue which is fastened with hooks. As is typical of a cover that has been on a helmet for a very long time the witness mark of the cockade sitting underneath it can be seen on the material.
A wonderful piece from the harder to find Artillery.

Code: 13796