Lot n° 169
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
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Result
: 710EUR
France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 169
France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848).
Cuirassier troupe helmet, model 1830.
Minerva-shaped steel shell with minor dents, traces of oxidation, numbered "700" on the back. Steel visor and helmet cover edged with a brass snap ring, visor band missing. Brass band embossed with a flaming bomb framed by laurel and oak branches. Embossed brass crest, the mask stamped with a palmette surmounted by a jellyfish head, the fins embossed with thirteen gadroons of decreasing shape, highlighted with pearls and framed with buttons. The fin-holder is missing. Mane of mane absent. The brass pen holder is present. Pair of brass "8" curb chain chinstraps mounted on later black leather chinstraps and their brass radiating center rosettes. The inner cap is missing (the leather strap is present), and the bottom of the bomb has been repainted black.
(Helmet restored in the past, some style and later screws and nuts, shocks on the crest, later chinstrap leather straps, Fairly good condition).
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