Lot 6683
A helmet for troopers of the 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 16
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather skull (craquelures, pressure dents) with angular front visor and mountings of brass and silvered nickel silver. Screw-mounted dragoon eagle with separate Waterloo bandeau. Cruciform base with four domed rivets, bead-and-reel frieze and smooth, fixed head. Convex, leather-backed chinscales on screw rosettes, state cockade of black and white lacquered sheet metal. Lining absent, inside the skull the stamped inscription “L.G. 1896”. Partially damaged, pronounced signs of age and wear.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
