COIFFURES. PRUSSIA. Cuirassier troop helmet model 1905 of the Kürassier-Regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburgisches) Nr. 7, steel bomb and tip, brass fittings, eagle front plate, curved scale chinstraps, authentic Kingdom and Reich cockades large model (diam. 65 mm), front band stamped with the maker's name "CE JUNCKER" and size "57", wolf's tooth inner cap in blackened basane with unit stamp "K.R.v. S.7, 1912, 1913, 2. E , I", an old handwritten label reads "Cuirassier de Magdebourg (1er escadron), 6 septembre 1914" which suggests that this helmet was recovered during the Battle of the Marne. In fact, this regiment fought in Belgium in 1914 and took part in the Battle of the Marne, before withdrawing behind the Aisne. From autumn 1914, it was transferred to the Eastern Front. BE