Dragon Troop Helmet, Model 1825 Modified 1830, Formerly Transformed Into Firefighters

HELMET TROOP OF DRAGONS, model 1825 modified 1830, formerly transformed Firefighters, July Monarchy. 27698 Helmet entirely in brass. Headband stamped with a flaming bomb framed by laurel and oak branches. Visor and neck cover each edged with a brass rush folded astride the outer edge, they are lined with black sheepskin. Crest in stamped brass, composed of a mask stamped with a palmette surmounted by a Medusa head in relief; two fins struck with a decreasing series of 13 gadroons framed by pearls and drops. Each fin is attached to the bomb by means of a steel screw. Mask attached to the crest by an iron screw. Aigrette holder (called "crest ornament" from 1844) in brass composed of a lens decorated with palmettes, a socket with laurel branches and palmettes, and a black horsehair puff. Brass plume holder. Brass chinstraps in the shape of an interlaced figure 8 mounted on a leather chin strap; brass rosette stamped with a radiant sun, attached to the bomb by a steel screw. Black horsehair mane, in the shape of a brush ending in a floating tail with an apparent length of approximately 70 cm. Inner headdress in leather cut into wolf teeth. France. July Monarchy. Good condition, bomb in very good condition, aigrette holder, mane and inner headdress later.