OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ON HORSEBACK, model 1814-1830, Restoration period. 27695-1

OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ON HORSEBACK, model 1814-1830, Restoration period. 27695-1

Helmet made of silver-plated copper, with all fittings in gilded brass. Height of the helmet 16 cm. It is stamped in two parts welded together at the upper part.
Front plate depicting a large oval shield in the center of which is affixed a silver-plated copper fleur-de-lys, this shield is topped with the royal crown and framed on each side by a palm and an oak branch.
Back band molded in relief.
Visor in silver-plated copper, lined with green waxed leather and encircled by a strip bent over the outer edge.
Neck guard identical to the visor, lined with black waxed leather, encircled by a strip bent over the outer edge.
Chin straps made of two fine leather chin straps covered with scalloped gilded brass scales; two rosettes shaped like a radiant sun in gilded brass in the center of which is affixed a fleur-de-lys, also in silver-plated copper. Finished with a black cotton cord.
Plume holder in a tubular shape with a square section tapering downwards, decorated at the top with a molded ribbon.
Crest in three parts: two wings and a mask. Two wings embossed in relief with a decreasing row of nine ridges topped with a pearl. Height of the wings 10 cm. The lower part is folded outwards, scalloped cut, and attached to the helmet by 4 gilded brass screws. Mask decorated with protruding moldings and equipped with a hook at the bottom; it is attached to the helmet at the bottom with a rivet.
Black horsehair plume extending about 9 cm from the crest.
Inner lining composed of a band in black waxed calf leather cut into nine wolf teeth.
Total height of the helmet 34 cm.

France.
Restoration period.
Very good condition, the brass parts have retained all their gilding, superb helmet, worn inner liner, two missing wolf teeth.

NOTE:
This helmet has a simplified crest decoration, its convex upper part is steeper than usual, which gives it a more compact shape typical of provincial helmets.