Lot n° 230
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 3 025EUR
France, 2nd Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 230
France, 2nd Empire (1852-1870).
Carabiniere helmet, model 1856.
Brass two-hole suction cup, unmarked, stamped on back. Stamped brass crest decorated with laurel leaves. Later scarlet horsehair chenille (quality reproduction). Brass visor and nape-cover lined with basane (later basane) and edged with a brass snap ring, the snap ring of the nape-cover is hallmarked "26". Iron headband flanked by a pomegranate surrounded by stamped brass palms. Leather chinstraps with brass curb chain and circular tinplate rosettes embossed with rays, flanked in the center by a brass five-pointed star. Black leather lining with wolf's teeth (later and in style). (The helmet has been restored, with minor dents to the bomb, several holes drilled in the top of the bomb under the crest, corresponding to the attachment of another crest and filled in with tin, and two holes on the left side of the bomb for the attachment of a plume holder, filled in with tin, The inner cap and chinstraps are reproductions, with some later screws and nuts, and the rims of the visor and nape shield, normally in nickel silver, are in brass. Fairly good condition.)
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