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USM1 helmet
Bomb painted in olive drab, fixed lugs (chinstrap missing),…

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USA USM1 helmet Bomb painted in olive drab, fixed lugs (chinstrap missing), small mesh netting, liner missing, white heart painted behind heavy helmet, accidents and missing parts. WW2

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USA USM1 helmet Bomb painted in olive drab, fixed lugs (chinstrap missing), small mesh netting, liner missing, white heart painted behind heavy helmet, accidents and missing parts. WW2

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King's bodyguard helmet, first model 1814, black patent leather bomber with silver-plated copper trim, radiant sunburst faceplate with two interlaced L's, surmounted by Louis XIV's motto "Nec Pluribus Impar" (Superior to all), on each side of the bomber is a palm leaf curled forward, crest decorated with feathers and acanthus, topped by a mane of black mane mounted as a chenille, chinstraps with chinstraps and rosette with radiant sun, plumet holder and plumet in white feathers with silver olive of the model, black leather and gray satin interior, wear from use, headdress worn, rare in this condition, France First Restoration period.

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Prussia, 2nd Empire Wars (1852-1870). Model 1842/60/67 grenadier de ligne troop helmet with tip, modified in 1860 and 1867 and approved "I.K. 164" (Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 164). Leather bomb in 2 sewn parts, conical shape of model 1842 and shortened at the bottom (modification 186), with its brass reinforcing ring with two rivets, rounded neck cover in 2 sewn parts, rounded visor edged with a brass ring, the seam on the bomb reinforced with iron rivet (modification 1867). Removable model 1842 pearl-base tip (height 115 mm) on a cross-stamped base attached to the bomb with 4 brass half-spherical-head screws and bridge nuts, the front lug unmodified (overlap with the plate). Model 1842/60 screw-on front plate with Prussian eagle known as the "old regiment", monogrammed "FWR" for Frederick Wilhelm Rex, and banner bearing the motto "MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND", attached to the plate with 5 welded rivets (modified in 1860). It is attached to the bomb with 2 square brass screws and nuts (the bomb is re-drilled). Flat-scaled chinstraps, model 1856, fastened with slotted-head steel nuts and screws (the old chinstrap fastening holes have not been economically plugged and are hidden by the side reinforcements which, due to the bomb's shortening, are sewn higher up and invisible from the outside). Prussian model 1857 metal land-kocarde (diam. 75mm) on the right side. Leather inner cap with 6 wolf's teeth (tired and small accidents). The bottom of the bomb is inscribed with the reception mark ""I.K. 164" for Infanterie Königliche N°164. Worn. (Wear and tear, removable tip screw missing, leather strap buckle on right chinstrap missing, good helmet model 1842 having undergone the various regulatory modifications, typical of fighting in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71).

Estim. 700 - 900 EUR

Rare Prussian Cuirassier troop helmet model 1852/67, hemispherical steel bomb with embossed rear reinforcement ring. Lobster-tail nape with brass snap ring and 11 rivets. The two-degree visor is also edged with the same visor ring, with a fine tip base held in place by four rivets (one missing). Brass mantelpiece with two holes, steel tip, brass Prussian heraldic eagle, curved scale chinstrap (15 scales) on leather settee, cylindrical chinstrap rosette, the right-hand rosette holds a serrated Prussian cockade. Bomb with slight rust foam. Black leather-covered nape, green-painted visor, black-painted bomb interior. Missing cap. Easily restorable helmet, quite rare. Used during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Condition 2

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