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Lot 374: 1st Or the King's Dragoon Guards

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsOxford, United KingdomMay 13, 2009

Item Overview

Description

A very rare other ranks 1843 pattern brass helmet. The Roman pattern skull complete with high brass comb, this embossed with profuse scrolling foliage, the multi-rayed frontal plate bearing the post 1837 Royal Arms and honour scroll "Waterloo". Title band reads "1st, or The King's Dragoon Guards". Original chin-chain, large rosettes, chain lacking, majority of the falling black horse hair plume present, leather sweatband and lining all missing, the skull with some cracks and dents, but essentially an untouched example.

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Auction Details

Antique Arms & Militaria

by
Bonhams
May 13, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

39 Park End Street, Oxford, OFE, OX1 1JD, UK