France, Third Republic (1870-1940). - Lot 167

France, Third Republic (1870-1940). Mounted Gendarmerie officer's helmet, model 1912. Brass shell pierced at the top with three holes and nickel silver trim. Visor and nape-cover edged with nickel silver piping, undersides trimmed with dark green basane for the visor and ochre for the nape-cover. Gorgon head crest topped by a black horsehair brush and a black mane with an effective length of approx. 70 cm. Brass headband adorned with a flaming pomegranate in the center of laurel branches. Ten-scaled nickel silver chinstraps embossed and cut in the shape of a laurel leaf, festooned and lined with black velvet, lion's head rosettes. Inner headband in embossed black basane, gilded with seven wolf's teeth. Pen-holder present. (Wear and minor accidents, the bomb is cracked, the helmet has been disassembled, the crest screws are missing. As is). Cuirassier helmet to reassemble.