TROUPE DE DRAGONS HELMET, MODEL 1858, SECOND EMPIRE. - Lot 282

TROUPE DE DRAGONS HELMET, MODEL 1858, SECOND EMPIRE. Brass bomb. Embossed brass crest, featuring a mask stamped with a flaming bomb surmounted by a medusa head in relief with a wreath of laurel and oak branches above; two fins stamped with a decreasing sequence of eight gadroons framed by pearls, acanthus leaves and palmettes and a sequence of laurel leaves at the top; cover plate stamped with a braided mane design. Brass pen-holder. Chinstraps, model 1845; mounted on a leather chinstrap covered with a series of interlaced 8-shaped rings ending in a rosette stamped with a radiant sun at its center and bordered by a projecting molding, attached to the turban by means of a steel screw. Black mane, apparent length approx. 60 cm.