HELMET OF FIREFIGHTERS OF THE COMMUNE OF BELLAC, type 1855, modified 1872, Third Republic. 24239
Entirely in brass, crest stamped with eleven gadroons, front plate struck in relief with a round medallion struck with a flaming bomb placed on two crossed axes framed by two palm fronds. This medallion is on a plaque with a radiating background with laurel branches and a ribbon bearing the inscription “Srs POMPIERS DE BELLAC”. Visor and neck cover surrounded by a folded brass bangle astride the outer edge. Chinstraps composed of a chin strap in soft leather covered in black velvet covered with a series of decreasing scales cut alternately into two and three festoons, round rosettes stamped with circular moldings. Tubular plume holder with square section decreasing downwards. Inner cap in black waxed leather cut with ten wolf teeth.
France.
Third Republic.
Good condition, a few dents on the bomb.
Reference :
24239