A helmet M 1895 for enlisted men of the Line Infantry Black lacquered leather skull with non-ferrous metal fittings. Screwed griffin emblem on the front. Neck guard missing. Fixed, smooth point with plate and four round-headed pintles. Flat, leather-backed chinscales of bronzed sheet zinc (like the forearm guard rail) on geometric rosettes and both cockades (later). Good black leather flap lining (glued crack). Slightly damaged in places, signs of age. Assembled from old and new parts. Condition: II -

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