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Military Arms and Memorabilia

Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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An interesting cavalry officer's helmet, 1943

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.200

Sold

€ 5.625

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno d'Italia
height 30 cm
Iron skull with beautiful fur band featuring the Savoy cross-shaped coat of arms; crested helmet with embossed, gilt-brass crest with lion's head and a badge with crowned monogram 'VE' at the base. Cuirassed chin-strap with brass plates. Tricolour, cloth cockade. A grenade with Savoy cross featuring a plume bearing a heron's feather aigrette on the left side. Leather sweat-band inside and white silk cap with gold stamp 'Cav. F. Sardi & Figlio C. Stupinigi 157 bis - int. 6 Torino'. Together with a cylindrical, silver-plated metal tube to host the aigrette, engraved with the dedication "Gli Ufficiali del Comando Truppe al Deposito Nizza Cavalleria al Loro Colonnello Comandante Torino 17-4-1943 XXI°". A lid with coat of arms of the Nice Cavalry regiment, on the other lid a grenade.