New Spike With an Old Controversy

[dave mosher]

Gents:

A nice pre-1890 Prussian dragoon officer's spike I picked up. Everything was complete and proper with a single cockade. However, to my mind we never resolved to my satisfaction as to when (or if) the single-banded what is called the "NCO cockade" was ever used as an officer cockade.

Regards

Dave



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Here is something to think about; here is the cockade on the pre-1890 officer's dragoon above and next is a non-M95 NCO cockade.



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[joerookery]

Post 1913 Bavarian generals helmet. I think in the private purchase world both were easily possible but was it correct? Did it have some significance?