Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This stamped sheet steel construction

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains 85% of the original paint and is in very condition overall

like the Zulus to whom they are closely related

All parts completely correct with a good amount of the original finish present

and if a scabbard is present at all it is often mismatched

Constructed of "Warm Drab Melton Cloth" with scarlet facings to the Collar

Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This stamped sheet steel constructionOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. This came to us from a German family who insisted that their ancestor had been initially a trooper and later an N. C. O., in King FREDERICK the GREAT'S army starting in the 1750's or 1760's and retiring only after many years service, by then in the service of Frederick the Great's successor, his nephew, KING FREDERICK WILHELM II of Prussia who reigned until 1797. The sidearm, a brass hilted short sword, almost a