A HELMET OF THE MAISON MILITAIRE DU ROI, 1814 MODEL

1814-16

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A HELMET OF THE MAISON MILITAIRE DU ROI, 1814 MODEL
1814-16
High black leather skull with gilt metal edging and decoration, elaborate crest with small black horsehair chenille, large front-plate with crowned Bourbon shield and large motto scroll QUO JUBET IRATUS JUPITER, Medusa disc side-bosses, gilt chinscales with velvet and leather backing (defective and most scales missing), replacement plume-socket (no plume), black leather interior headband with silk above

Lot Essay

The Gendarmes of the King's Military Household were formed under King Henri IV. They were re-established briefly at the Restoration, but finally disbanded in 1816 and their duties assumed by the Garde Royale.

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