France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 171

France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). Dragon Officer's helmet model 1840-44. Minerva-shaped, brass, gutter-shaped shell, rear stamped "41" for 1841 and numbered "1669". Brass visor and cap lined with basane (later for the visor), edged around the perimeter with a brass ruffle. Turban covered with a panther skin headband (posterior and modern), laced at the back (missing, too short on the visor). Stamped brass crest, the mask stamped with a flaming bomb surmounted by a jellyfish head with, above it, a wreath of laurel and oak branches (there is a hole filled with tin in the laurel branches, indicating reuse by firefighters) and the fins stamped with eight gadroons of decreasing shape, The "rain screen" protects the top of the crest with a braided mane design. The mane is made of black horsehair, with an effective length of approx. 40 cm. The eaglet holder with black mane puff. The brass plume holder with foliage frieze decoration on the left side of the bomb is present. Pair of chinstraps with brass curb rings mounted on black leather chinstraps and brass rosettes with radiating centers. Uncut leather inner cap (later). 31.5 cm (without aigrette holder). (Early helmet restoration, later leather turban (remanufactured) and later panther skin (modern), stylish and later leather inner cap, later chinstrap leathers, good condition).