拍品 196
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A FINE & RARE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS PATTERN 1870 HELMET
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A FINE & RARE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS PATTERN 1870 HELMET

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FINE & RARE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS PATTERN 1870 HELMET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With gilt-brass skull heavily adorned with fire-gilt acanthus leaves, plate comprising a queen's crown over the badge of the Royal Order of the Garter on a silver 'diamond-cut' star bordered by oak leaves and acorns, ornate plume-holder, gilt scale leather-backed chin-strap, original liner, and original white swan feather plume
11in. (28cm.) high (not including plume)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Please note the applied decoration, badges and plume are later additions.

拍品專文

The Honourable Corps of The Gentlemen at Arms is a formed unit whose purpose is to protect and defend the Sovereign. They act as the Sovereign's bodyguard and have done so since their formation by King Henry VIII in 1509. The Guard consisted of loyal members of the nobility and highest orders of the gentry, whose sole duty was to act as escort and protect the Sovereign in peace time and in battle. As 'Body guard' or 'Nearest guard' the Gentlemen at Arms carry the battle honours from the wars with France in 1513 and 1544. These honours are proudly displayed on their Standard and are still carried by its members to this day. The Gentlemen at Arms currently perform a purely ceremonial role being present at the opening of Parliament and major State events. There are currently five Officers and twenty-seven Gentlemen which make up the unit and are dressed in the uniform of a Dragoon Guards officer of the 1840's which includes scarlet jackets, ceremonial battle axes and swan-plumed helmets worn when on duty and even in church