Lot no. 171
Set including :
- Rifleman's helmet.
Brass bomb stamped and dated "1856", with white metal rim. Crest decorated with laurel leaves.
Iron headband with brass grenade. Radiused iron rosettes with brass stars and leather-lined chinstraps with eight-sided rings. Leather inner headpiece, riveted by washers to the chinstrap boss attachments.
Red horsehair chenille.
Traces of re-piercing.
Ring stamped "L" in an oval.
- Rifleman's breastplate.
Iron plate with brass trim. Iron breastplate with gilt brass eagle motif.
Plastron marked "Manufre Rle de Klingenthal 9bre 1827".
Backplate marked "Manufre Rale de Klingenthal Avril 1831 1T 2L n ° 263".
Shoulder straps with gourmet rings lined with leather. Brass clips. Leather drawstring (one changed). Leather belt with brass roller buckle (broken).
Second Empire.
(Restorations.)
Provenance: Collection of Mr F.
EXPERT: Arnaud DE GOUVION SAINT-CYR.
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