France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 132

France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). Troop dragon helmet model 1845. Brass shell with gutter. Stamped on the back "LR" in an oval (manufacturer), ""44" for 1844, the year of manufacture, "2" for 2ème Dragon and "120" for the regimental number. Brass visor and helmet cover, lined with basane, edged around the perimeter with a brass ruffle, the rear ruffle stamped "Recuis". Turban covered with a leopard-skin headband, laced at the back with three pairs of metal eyelets. Embossed brass crest, the mask stamped with a flaming bomb surmounted by a jellyfish head with, above, a wreath of laurel and oak branches and the fins embossed with eight gadroons of decreasing shape, highlighted with pearls and framed with acanthus leaves and palmettes, the "rain screen" protecting the top of the crest with a decoration featuring a braided mane. The eaglet holder with black horsehair puff and black horsehair mane is approx. 66 cm long. The brass plume holder with foliage frieze decoration on the left side of the bomb is present. Pair of brass curb chain chinstraps in the shape of intertwined "8 "s, mounted on black leather chinstraps with brass rosettes with radiating centers. Inner headpiece in brown leather with wolf-tooth cut-outs. Comes with a scarlet cock feather plume. Height: 30 cm (without the aigrette holder). (Wear and tear, one metal screw at the base of the rain screen not in the model and later, leather inner cap, headband missing, brass visor ring broken. Fairly good condition.)