HORSE GENDARME HELMET : Model 1913 - Troop. Brass bomb, mark - Lot 233

Lot n° 233
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750 - 950 EUR
HORSE GENDARME HELMET : Model 1913 - Troop. Brass bomb, mark - Lot 233
HORSE GENDARME HELMET : Model 1913 - Troop. Brass bomb, marked on the back of the manufacturer "B. FRANCK & SONS - AUBERVILLERS", size 57, punched, without 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 ending in mane in a beautiful length. Chinstraps with 15 scales of the model with rosettes with lion head, good buckle and strap. Leather cap with seven wolf teeth, one with a size label "57" and a stamp on the obverse of two others "Gendarmerie commission de réception 12/2/1914" and "Franck et fils - Aubervilliers". Visor and nape of the neck with the interior painted in apple green. 3rd Republic. Very good condition.
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