France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 76

France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). Exceptional officer's shako from the Metz military academy in its carrying case. Scroll-shaped cardboard shaft covered in black taupe velvet, edged at the top with a gold braid woven with lizard and at the bottom with a black velvet bourdalou. Patent black leather cap. Visor in black waxed leather on the outside and green on the inside. Tricolor scalloped metal cockade. Type 1831 plate with brass base gilded with mercury and embossed with a Gallic cockerel on a radiant background between oak and laurel branches on a background of bundles of flags, base with finely sandblasted background, embossed with two crossed cannons surmounted by a cuirass and a flaming grenade at the bottom, all on a background of flags. A pair of chinstraps, each composed of a series of fifteen brass scales, stamped and gilded with mercury, attached to leather chinstraps sheathed in blue velvet. The rosettes are embossed with a flaming grenade on a sandblasted background. Inner headpiece in black waxed basane with eight wolf's teeth. Pompon missing. Rectangular transport box in black lacquered wood, the interior lined with blue and white striped printed paper. Brass trim. Key missing. (Not common, set in very good condition). Shako dimensions / Height 25.5 cm (Diam. cap 17.5 cm). Box size / 27 x 28.5 x 22.5 cm