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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A very scarce uniform with helmet for a major of the public security, First half of the 20th Century

Estimate

€ 2.000 - 4.000

Sold

€ 6.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Roma
height helmet 24 cm
Beautiful helmet covered with black fur, a crowned Savoy eagle on the opposite side, red-and-white painted cross on a Savoy knot. Gilt-brass comb with lion's head and badge with fasces above a star. Complete with chin-strap, cockade and heron feather aigrette. Original, leather and white silk lining, both with the gold stamp of Ugo Puri, Rome. The jacket with all effects and Major's epaulettes, made of black fabric with collar (signs of use and time) richly embroidered with threads. Ribbons on the front part, label of the tailors Molinari and Leoni of Rome inside, with the owner's name 'Marini'. Complete with weathervane with cartridge box. Together with black trousers with burgundy cloth bands. An interesting Major's ensemble of the future police general Marini, only the division of Rome was provided with this rare helmet.