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CIRCA 1900
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AN OFFICER'S HELMET OF SWEDISH ENGINEERS, 1894 MODEL
Circa 1900
Black leather skull with combined peak and front plate of gilt metal mounted with finely-detailed gilt and enamel device of the Swedish crown and shield etc., gilt metal backstrap and circular base to plume-stem (6½in. high with falling plume of black hair), gilt disc side-bosses with chinscales, coloured leather peak-lining, leather interior headband with silk above
Circa 1900
Black leather skull with combined peak and front plate of gilt metal mounted with finely-detailed gilt and enamel device of the Swedish crown and shield etc., gilt metal backstrap and circular base to plume-stem (6½in. high with falling plume of black hair), gilt disc side-bosses with chinscales, coloured leather peak-lining, leather interior headband with silk above