A TROOPER'S HELMET OF BELGIAN CUIRASSIERS 1843 MODEL
A TROOPER'S HELMET OF BELGIAN CUIRASSIERS 1843 MODEL

CIRCA 1910

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A TROOPER'S HELMET OF BELGIAN CUIRASSIERS 1843 MODEL
Circa 1910
Skull of white metal with brass edging, ornamental crest (with black tuft and mane) and mounts including large lion's mask for a helmet-plate and a plume-holder (without plume), the brass chinscales each formed in one piece (one defective) and interior leather headband (the helmet now drilled for adaptation and mounted as a table-lamp on a gilt Corinthian column candlestick
12½in. high

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