Casque de Dragon francais troupe modele 1874. Bombe en acier, traces doxydation et de nettoyage. Visiere et couvre nuque sont bordees dun jonc laiton. Visiere doublee de basane tabac, doublure de la nuquiere creme. Coiffe a dents de loup avec marquage fabricant a froid, sauf erreur de lecture Helbronner, dechirures et manques. Plaque frontale en laiton estampe a motif de grenade. Cimier en laiton a tete de Meduse. Vis du pare pluie manquante. Criniere de crin noir avec sa tresse. Jugulaires a ecailles festonees, fermant par sanglon en cuir vernis noir et fixees sur le casque par des rosaces mobiles a cles. Usure et patine. French Dragoon troop helmet model 1874. Steel shell with traces of oxidation and cleaning. The visor and neck guard are bordered with a brass trim. The visor is lined with tobacco-colored leather and the neck lining is cream. The wolf-tooth leather liner bears a stamped makers mark, possibly Helbronner though the reading is uncertain, with some tears and missing parts. The frontal plate is embossed brass with a grenade motif. Brass crest with a Medusa head. One rain-guard screw is missing. Black horsehair mane with braid. Scalloped brass scale chinstraps fastened with black lacquered leather straps attached to the helmet via mobile rosettes with keys. Shows wear and patina.