Helmet Of The King's Light Cavalry, 1814, Restored.

LIGHT CAVALRY HELMET FROM THE KING'S MILITARY HOUSE, 1814, RESTORED.
France, 1814, Restoration period.
Leather, copper, horsehair
Total height: 39 cm

Crown, visor, and neck flap in black patent leather.
Visor edged with a gilded brass band folded over the outer rim and secured with rivets. Interior waxed green. Neck guard without a rim, waxed black on the inside (restoration).
On each side, a two-pronged palm leaf made of gilded brass is attached.
Stamped and over-gilded brass front plate depicting, against a background of smoke and lightning, a radiant sun with a ribbon below it inscribed with the company’s motto, “SENSÈRE GIGANTES” : (THE GIANTS FELT IT), with a silver-plated copper-stamped fleur-de-lis at its center.
Chin straps, each consisting of a leather chin guard lined with black velvet, covered with seventeen uncarved gilded brass scales, alternately scalloped with one or three scales, except for the scale at the end, which is rounded, and a rosette stamped with a Medusa’s head. A stamped brass crest, overgilded and decorated with panels featuring foliage corollas and radiating lightning bolts. It consists of a mask and two fins tapering toward the back. Brass plume holder, tubular in shape with a square cross-section, tapering slightly toward the bottom. Black horsehair plume.
Inner lining made of leather; silk missing.

Good condition

Ref.: 7551

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