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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A helmet and effects of an officer of the Tuscan Civic Guard, 1848

Estimate

€ 1.200 - 1.800

Sold

€ 2.875

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Granducato di Toscana
height 36 cm
Boiled-leather helmet with brass mounts, front frieze with the inscription "Leopoldo II", tricolour metal cockade, complete with black horsehair, brown leather sweat-band inside. Epaulettes with gilded plates and fringes made of gilded threads. Including a gold medal "Guerra dell'Indipendenza Italiana 1848", another similar bronze medal, a medal with the effigy of Carlo Alberto and Pius IX, all with their tricolour ribbon. The Tuscan Civic Guard was established in 1847 by Grand Duke Leopold II on the model of the Roman one. During the First War of Independence, a battalion of the Civic Guard, together with volunteers and members of the regular army, took part in the well-known battle of Curtatone and Montanara against the Austrian army. The medals presented here refer to this episode.