A helmet M 1814 for officers of the guard gendarmerie Black leather body, gilt fittings, black horsehair crest (replaced), stamped and gilt emblem with the crowned French coat of arms, thunderbolts and inscription scroll "Quo jubet iratus Jupiter". Velvet-backed chinscales on Gorgon heads, liner damaged. Small flaw at neck guard, white feather plume. The gendarmes of the guard belonged to the corps of the royal house. They were formed during the First Restoration in 1814 and were dissolved during the Second Restoration. Only a gendarme company of, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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