An officer's helmet of the first Nizza Cavalleria
dating: Second quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Smooth, iron skull, brass crest, carved with floral motifs in bass-relief on sides, a lion's head in the front part, a medallion with crowned monogram 'VE' at the base; black fur with iron cross in the center, hemmed in brass, leather chin-straps covered with scales, decorated in bass-relief, a cockade on the left side. Brown, leather and red, silk internal part, marked in gold 'Cav. Capriolo Secondo Ernsto & figli, Capo Armaiolo Corazzieri di S.M. il Re Roma', in addition to the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Italy, adopted from 27 March 1927 until 11 April 1929. height 30 cm.
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dating: Second quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Smooth, iron skull, brass crest, carved with floral motifs in bass-relief on sides, a lion's head in the front part, a medallion with crowned monogram 'VE' at the base; black fur with iron cross in the center, hemmed in brass, leather chin-straps covered with scales, decorated in bass-relief, a cockade on the left side. Brown, leather and red, silk internal part, marked in gold 'Cav. Capriolo Secondo Ernsto & figli, Capo Armaiolo Corazzieri di S.M. il Re Roma', in addition to the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Italy, adopted from 27 March 1927 until 11 April 1929. height 30 cm.
