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CIRCA 1870
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A BELGIAN CAVALRY OFFICER’S HELMET
CIRCA 1870
With white-metal skull, brass mounts including scrolled crest with original black horse-hair plumes and large lion-mask to the front; together with a Belgian Light Cavalry officer’s sabre, third quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched with scrollwork, trophies and an inscription, brass three-bar guard cast and chased with scrollwork and oak leaves, and ribbed dark horn grip; A
Belgian Light Cavalry trooper’s sabre, third quarter of the 19th century,
with brass three-bar guard; and a Cuirassier’s breast-plate, almost certainly Belgian, circa 1850, of steel with domed brass lining-rivets
The helmet 13 in. (33 cm.) high (not including chinstrap or plume)
CIRCA 1870
With white-metal skull, brass mounts including scrolled crest with original black horse-hair plumes and large lion-mask to the front; together with a Belgian Light Cavalry officer’s sabre, third quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched with scrollwork, trophies and an inscription, brass three-bar guard cast and chased with scrollwork and oak leaves, and ribbed dark horn grip; A
Belgian Light Cavalry trooper’s sabre, third quarter of the 19th century,
with brass three-bar guard; and a Cuirassier’s breast-plate, almost certainly Belgian, circa 1850, of steel with domed brass lining-rivets
The helmet 13 in. (33 cm.) high (not including chinstrap or plume)
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Laetitia Delaloye
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