France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 172

France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). Dragon troupe trumpet helmet model 1825 modified 1830. Minerva-shaped brass shell with minor dents. Brass visor and nape-cover lined with basanes and edged around the rim with a brass ruffle (basanes attached and later). It is stamped "600" on the back. Brass band embossed with a flaming bomb framed by laurel and oak branches. Stamped brass crest, the mask stamped with a palmette surmounted by a jellyfish head, the fins stamped with thirteen gadroons of decreasing shape, underlined with pearls and framed with buttons. The fin-holder is present (puff missing). The scarlet horsehair brush chenille is present, the mane absent. The brass plume holder on the left side of the bomb is present (plume missing). Pair of brass curb chain chinstraps of the officer model in the shape of intertwined "8" mounted on brown leather chinstraps and their brass radiating center rosettes. Inner cap missing. 27.5 cm (without fin-holder and mane). (helmet restored in the past, fairly good condition).