FIRE CAP, or STEEL FIRE HELMET, July Monarchy - Third Republic. 23939
In tinned iron, covered with black varnish, consisting of a half-spherical cap and a straight headband. Riveted visor and neck cover. Brass crest, fins stamped in relief with twelve gadroons, heart-shaped mask in the lower part with a glowing bomb, it is fixed to the bomb by means of four brass screws. Frontal attribute in stamped and cut brass with a flaming bomb placed on two crossed axes. Chinstraps composed of scale-stamped brass chin straps, and each of an independent round-shaped rosette struck in relief with gadroons, attached to the bomb by brass tabs. Interior cover in brown leather. cut into nine wolf teeth.
France.
Third Republic.
Perfect state of conservation which is rare for this type of hairstyle.
NOTE :
These helmets appeared under the July Monarchy, they were still presented in suppliers' catalogs in the 1900s.
Reference :
23939