Lot 6582
Four fragmentary M 1848 helmets of the Landwehr infantry
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Coarse leather shell (rough), nickel-silver mounts, emblem screwed to the front, embossed, at the top a cruciform base secured with four screws with black horsehair plume set in a silver-thread bulb mount, later-added flat, leather-backed chin-scales (stamped in one piece) on lion head side posts, cockade and liner missing. Also included, a second example with good leather flap liner (minor cracks), without lion head side posts, chin-scales, cockade and horsehair plume. Additionally, a third example with good leather flap liner, cracked front visor, without lion head side posts, chin-scales, cockade and horsehair plume. Furthermore, a helmet without liner, emblem, cockade and horsehair plume, one cruciform base plate missing. Incomplete, partially damaged, signs of wear and age.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
