HELMET OF FOOT GENDARME: Model 1912 - Troop. Brass bomb, mar - Lot 228

Lot n° 228
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HELMET OF FOOT GENDARME: Model 1912 - Troop. Brass bomb, mar - Lot 228
HELMET OF FOOT GENDARME: Model 1912 - Troop. Brass bomb, marked on the back of the manufacturer "B. FRANCK & SONS - AUBERVILLERS", size 59, stamped, no serial number. Crest, headband, plume holder, chinstraps, and rim bands in nickel silver. Headband with laurel branches surrounding a flaming grenade. Crest with fins bearing acanthus leaves and palmettes, mask with medusa head on eleven bands (5 striated and 6 smooth) and palmette in base. Beautiful brush of black hair. Chinstraps with 15 scales of the model with rosettes with lion head, good buckle and strap. Leather cap with eight wolf teeth, one with a stamp on the obverse "Gendarmerie commission de réception 5/3/1914" and "H" in a circle, one with a "59" in black ink and one bearing the stamp "Franck et ses fils - Aubervilliers". Visor and nape of the neck with the interior face painted in apple green. Bomb with some traces of blows and slightly deformed nape of the neck. 3rd Republic. Very good condition.
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