Description
A General's helmet, Victor Emmanuel II era
dating: about 1870 provenance: Regno d'Italia, Skull covered with black, seal fur, gilded crest on a silver base embossed with floral motifs and featuring the silversmith's stamps, with a silver, in-the-round, crowned eagle. Silver radial pattern with a small central gilded star featuring the typical, crowned, VE monogram (King Victor Emmanuel II, 1861-1878). Scaled, silver chin-strap with lobed rosettes and tricolour. silver-threads cockade. Beautiful interior part with green Moroccan leather visors, partly-pleated, brown leather sweat-bands featuring the London maker's mark stamped in gold. Blue silk caps. Original plume complete with gold plume-holder.
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