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Imperial Guard cuirassier officer’s helmet, 1854 model.

The item was sold for 1 820

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Helmet with a crested visor in stamped brass featuring a Gorgon, friezes of laurel branches and amati fields on the panels. Black mane with silver braided trim at the top.
Headband in gilded brass, stamped with an ‘N’ beneath a crown and laurel branches.
Brass plume holder.
Four-part silver-plated brass bombet with brass band and missing interior lining.
Incomplete chinstraps.
France, Second Empire.

Expert: Alban Degrave