Lot 7296
A helmet M 1867 for troopers of the cavalry regiments
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Issue piece. Leather body (showing rubbing, pressure marks, and a protective lacquer coating) with brass fittings. Saxon coat-of-arms emblem in nickel silver mounted on a brass rayed star (secured by two leather wedges; no extra mounting holes); two reinforcing bars on each side; comb edged in brass; topped with a later-added black fur crest (rear attachment missing); multi-piece, leather-backed chin scales attached to geometric rosettes via screws; Saxon cockade made of lacquered sheet iron on the left side. Good black-brown leather tongue liner; the rear visor bears the original marking "III SRR 4E 128" painted in white lacquer (now darkened). Shows minor damage in places, as well as signs of age and use. The Royal Saxon Carabineer Regiment was originally the 3rd Cavalry Regiment.Condition: II Questions about the lot?