A French Cuirassier Officer's Helmet
A French Cuirassier Officer's Helmet

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A French Cuirassier Officer's Helmet

A good M-1874 helmet with white metal skull, gilt peak-binding, fittings and crest with black horsehair mane and ornate gilt frontal socket with red bristle plume, gilt bayleaf-pattern chinscales (one scale detached but present), the internal headband of fine tooled leather (side-plume replaced)

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