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Holstein Infantry
Officers Pickelhaube M1851
The Schleswig-Holstein
Army that had fought in the
First Schleswig War of 1848-49
was disbanded in 1851 and a
Holstein contingent was raised
for the German Confederation and
issued a new Prussian style
Pickelhaube.
It
had yellow metal fittings and
squared peak. The front
plate was an eight pointed star
with the points at diagonal
rather than top and bottom
alignment. On the star was a
white metal shield bearing the
Holstein Nettle leaf emblem.
The cockade
worn under the right side
chin scale boss was in Holstein
colours (blue/white/red) and on
the left side, the German
Confederation yellow/red/black.
In
1852, the Holstein contingent
was incorporated into the Danish
Army.
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