A very rare French 1st Empire Dragoon officer's helmet from the Hanoverian Royal Collection, circa 1810 - 1815, With copper skull retaining its original animal skin turban also extended to cover the leather peak (the original leopard fur now missing), fitted with gilt-brass crest decorated with Neo-classical ornament cast in low relief and including a Gorgon mask at the front, retaining much of its original black horsehair crest and frontal plume, the latter on its original base ornamented with patterned gilt wire and sequins, fitted with gilt-br, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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