Lot 7329
A helmet for enlisted men in the King’s Dragoon Regiment (2nd Württemberg) No. 26, with parade plume
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather skull (craquelures, pressure marks, paint losses) with angular front visor and fittings in white and yellow metal. Screw-mounted emblem (double holes) featuring the crowned Wuerttemberg coat of arms with an applied Star. Cruciform base plate with three round-headed screws (the rear one missing), bead-and-reel frieze and detachable smooth spike topped with a black horsehair plume. Convex, leather-backed chin-scales on push-through rosettes, cockades in lacquered sheet metal. Beige silk rep lining (darkened, minor tears), ochre-coloured leather sweatband (old inscription “Fahnenjunker würt. Drag. Rgt. 26”), red and green lined visors, old size indication “55” inside the skull. Fittings partly incomplete or replaced. Partly damaged, Signs of age. Rare.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
