Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern GTRexclude 7th (Fife) Battalion Black Watch

7th (Fife) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) formed part of the 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade

George Chester Lewis

Footnote: The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia

on a double loop for suspension from its period original ladies ribbon

the PUCCM with dual push pins

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern GTRexclude 7th (Fife) Battalion Black Watch(Heer Tropenhelm). A very well preserved first pattern Heer tropical pith helmet, constructed of a pressed cork shell fully lined on the exterior with a khaki tan canvas liner. It features a central canister topped on the crown by a ventilation shaft hidden by a dome lined in an identical canvas. The canister is flanked on each side by aluminum shield insignia. Each measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), the right side features a red, white (finished in