A helmet for a reserve officer, of the Hessian Life Guard Infantry Regiment no. 115 Leather body with brass mountings, Hessian style cross crown plate with a fluted spike, gilded lion emblem with oak and laurel branches and a reserve cross, on top of an old style "1621" scroll. Convex metal chinscales. Red-white cockade and imperial cockade. Brown ribbed silk lining. Lacquer has craquelure. Rare helmet, as this form was only worn during the period, December 1871 - 1897, until the introduction of the silver-mounted helmets. historic, historical, 19th century, He,
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