GERMANY. HESSEN. Rare spiked helmet, Model 1872/94, belongin
GERMANY. HESSEN. Model 1872/94 spiked helmet for reservists of the 24th Hessian Dragoon Regiment, with a patent-leather crown, round visor, and nickel silver fittings, front plate featuring the Grand Duchy’s lion, adorned at the bottom with a brass reserve cross marked “Gott-Ehre-Vaterland,” a screw-on fluted spire mounted on a cross-shaped base, rear band with two fastening studs, chinstraps with domed silver-plated scales, Reich cockades and Grand Duchy ribbons, blackened leather inner lining with its lace, neck strap stamped “24 D.R.” and dated 1907, not re-punched. The riding helmet shows some cracking. BE Collection of Master Luc Girard.
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GERMANY. HESSEN. Model 1872/94 spiked helmet for reservists of the 24th Hessian Dragoon Regiment, with a patent-leather crown, round visor, and nickel silver fittings, front plate featuring the Grand Duchy’s lion, adorned at the bottom with a brass reserve cross marked “Gott-Ehre-Vaterland,” a screw-on fluted spire mounted on a cross-shaped base, rear band with two fastening studs, chinstraps with domed silver-plated scales, Reich cockades and Grand Duchy ribbons, blackened leather inner lining with its lace, neck strap stamped “24 D.R.” and dated 1907, not re-punched. The riding helmet shows some cracking. BE Collection of Master Luc Girard.
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