Lot 6804
A helmet for enlisted men of the Line Infantry, circa 1890
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Assembled. Black lacquered leather skull (pressure marks, front peak seam open) with brass fittings (traces of gilding). Screw-mounted eagle emblem (incorrect officer's eagle, mounting renewed, double holes), rear spine, smooth fixed head on plate with four round-head screws, flat leather-backed chinscales on geometric rosettes, state cockade of lacquered sheet iron. Fine brown silk rep lining and leather sweatband, red and green lined visors, size “56” in the skull. Also includes a rare enlisted man's emblem (soldering mark on the crown) with the bandeaus “Waterloo, Perninsula, Göhrde” (FAR No. 10 or No. 46), verso two eyelets for leather wedges. Partially slightly damaged, signs of age.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
