HELMET OF AN OFFICER OF THE REPUBLICAN GUARD ON HORSE, model 1876, Third Republic. 26370
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HELMET OF AN OFFICER OF THE REPUBLICAN GUARD ON HORSE, model 1876, Third Republic. 26370
Helmet entirely in nickel-plated metal with gold-plated brass fittings. It consists of a bomb, a visor and a neck cover, both surrounded by a brass bangle folded astride the outer edge, a headband, two chinstraps, a crest, a mane of black horsehair approximately 98 cm long, and a feather holder. All fittings are brass.
The bomb, in one piece, is stamped. It is pierced inside with 4 suction holes for ventilation. Visor lined with green waxed morocco.
Brass front band stamped in relief with two laurel branches tied together with a ribbon; in the center, above the branches, are represented the arms of the City of Paris.
Crest composed of two fins stamped in relief with a decreasing series of gadroons surrounded by a beaded ribbon and separated from each other by an acanthus leaf and a fleuron. Each fin is attached to the bomb using two brass screws; mask stamped with 4 horizontally striped ribbons separated by three smooth ribbons, in the lower part a palmette is stamped in relief and in the upper part a head of Medusa, also stamped in relief; the top of the crest is covered in the front part with a "cover plate" representing in relief the hair of Medusa's head, welded back on the sides and pierced at the front.
Crest ornament composed of a brass olive stamped with foliage, a brass socket stamped with laurel leaves and a scarlet horsehair egret 5.5 cm high. This ornament attaches to the crest using a threaded brass rod.
Chinstraps composed of two leather chin straps covered in black morocco covered with a series of 10 scales cut into festoons and embossed with laurel leaves. The upper scale is in one piece with a round rosette stamped in relief with laurel leaves. Brass plume holder engraved with acanthus leaves, square in shape with a tubular section decreasing slightly towards the bottom.
Inner sheepskin headdress cut into seven wolf teeth, iron-gilded on the edges.
France.
Third Republic.
Very good condition, missing the lining of the neck cover, partly repainted.
Helmet entirely in nickel-plated metal with gold-plated brass fittings. It consists of a bomb, a visor and a neck cover, both surrounded by a brass bangle folded astride the outer edge, a headband, two chinstraps, a crest, a mane of black horsehair approximately 98 cm long, and a feather holder. All fittings are brass.
The bomb, in one piece, is stamped. It is pierced inside with 4 suction holes for ventilation. Visor lined with green waxed morocco.
Brass front band stamped in relief with two laurel branches tied together with a ribbon; in the center, above the branches, are represented the arms of the City of Paris.
Crest composed of two fins stamped in relief with a decreasing series of gadroons surrounded by a beaded ribbon and separated from each other by an acanthus leaf and a fleuron. Each fin is attached to the bomb using two brass screws; mask stamped with 4 horizontally striped ribbons separated by three smooth ribbons, in the lower part a palmette is stamped in relief and in the upper part a head of Medusa, also stamped in relief; the top of the crest is covered in the front part with a "cover plate" representing in relief the hair of Medusa's head, welded back on the sides and pierced at the front.
Crest ornament composed of a brass olive stamped with foliage, a brass socket stamped with laurel leaves and a scarlet horsehair egret 5.5 cm high. This ornament attaches to the crest using a threaded brass rod.
Chinstraps composed of two leather chin straps covered in black morocco covered with a series of 10 scales cut into festoons and embossed with laurel leaves. The upper scale is in one piece with a round rosette stamped in relief with laurel leaves. Brass plume holder engraved with acanthus leaves, square in shape with a tubular section decreasing slightly towards the bottom.
Inner sheepskin headdress cut into seven wolf teeth, iron-gilded on the edges.
France.
Third Republic.
Very good condition, missing the lining of the neck cover, partly repainted.
Reference :
26370
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