CASQUETEL

German, 1835-1849, volunteer cavalry corps, Frankfurt.
Helmet skull made of black-lacquered felt; eye and neck shield. Nickel-silver ornamentation, tall comb riveted on a wide band, emblem on the front: large aureole with an oval shield with an eagle and the letter "F" in the center. Comb with black bristles, the side with a socket for a feather, and a white-red cockade with a cross in the center. Leather band, decorated with scales, the ends featuring lion heads. Original lining.
H ca. 32 cm.

An exceptionally-rare helmet of the Frankfurt citizen cavalry, in good condition, see Volker Löbner, Tilman Lombard: Frankfurter Uniformen, Frankfurter Militär, Vol. 3, 1806-1866, 2017, pp. 84 and 88.