Picklehaube spike.
It seems to be partly an m1860 pattern spike for a Prussian nco or one year volunteer going by the perlring ,gilding and spike style.Not an officers. It seems to have been made into something else perhaps a theatrical prop as i have never seen stitching holes added to the spike base arms which usually only has the four holes for the ornamented rivets and that tube badly welded onto the base would be a positive danger if the guy was ever struck on the crown of his head ! Interesting though and salvageable as a spare part. All the best Andrew
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