France, 2nd Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 110

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800 - 1200 EUR
France, 2nd Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 110
France, 2nd Empire (1852-1870). Cuirassier officer's helmet, model 1858. Silver-plated copper drip cap with drip cap, silver-plated copper visor and headpiece lined with brown waxed basanes. Leather turban lined with original navy cowhide headband, laced at the back with eight metal eyelets. Stamped gilded brass crest (remains of gilding), the mask stamped with a flaming bomb surmounted by a jellyfish head with a wreath of laurel and oak branches above, the fins stamped 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 decorated with a braided mane. Eagle-holder with scarlet mane puff. Mane of black mane, effective length approx. 68 cm. The brass plume holder with foliage frieze decoration on the left side of the bomb is present. Pair of gilded brass chinstraps (remains of gilding) with chased decreasing rings, mounted on black leather chinstraps covered with fine black cloth, complete with laurel leaf rosettes. The inner headpiece is made of wolf-toothed black waxed basane, with a gilded border. The inside of the visor bears a handwritten paper label (partly legible) "....Cuirassier ...1865... 7ème Cuirassiers à M.....1870..5ème Cuirassiers garrison à Joigny". 29 cm (without fin-holder). (Wear and patina of time, small accidents of use. Good condition).
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