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A vintage early 20th Century motorcycle helmet / hat and goggles. The ebonised helmet having chin straps and a peak, together with three pairs of clear goggles. 

Ca. 650-480 BC.This is a beautiful example of archaic Greek statuary. The bust is buff colour formed of terracotta, originally from a figure depicting a broad chested male holding his left arm to his chest. Wearing a pointed, brimmed pilos helmet and large disc earrings, his hair falling forward over each shoulder, with horizontal bands and falling in ringlets below, with a moulded bust, one arm hanging by side.Size: L:193mm / W:120mm ; 952g.Provenance: Property of a London Art Gallery; formerly in a Private New York city collection, previously acquired on the US Art market (Fortuna Fine Arts).

.Roman RepublicC. Servilius M.f. 136 BC.Rome. AR Denarius. (.). Obv: ROMA, head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with griffin crest and necklace of pendants; wreath above star behind Rev: C•SERVEILI•M•F, the Dioscuri on horseback galloping in opposite directions, heads turned toward each other, each holding spear. RRC 239/1; Crawford 239/1; Sydenham 525; Servilia 1.Size: 18,7mm, 4.0 gProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired pre 2000.

.Calabria,Tarentum. Circa 334-330 BC. AR Nomos. (.). Obv: Nude warrior, wearing helmet, on horseback right, shield on left arm, holding two spears in left hand, and thrusting spear downward in right hand; ?AI below. Rev: TAPA?, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding shield decorated with hippocamp on left arm and trident over shoulder in right hand; ?I to right, murex shell below. Fischer-Bossert group 77, 1035 (V394/R799); Vlasto 594; HN Italy 935; SNG ANS 990. Fine. Rare!Size: 19,3mm., 7,77gProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired pre 2000.

.Gordianus III AD 238-244, Rome Mint, ca. AD 240-241.Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG;Venus standing left, holding scepter and helmet, leaning on shield set on ground, VENVS VICTRIXRIC IV.3 131. Flat areas on the reverse. Very fine Size: D: 20.8mm; 2.74gProvenance: Private UK collection.

Ca. 550-300 BC.A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type. Crown domed with a mask-like front featuring high-arched eyebrows, the eyes have been carefully cut out. A short tear-drop-shaped nose guard is reaching down, moveable cheek guards are hinged on the sides, rounded, and tapering towards the chin allowing binding. It comes with a custom-made stand. Chalcidian helmets are named after similar helmets depicted on pottery vases from the Euboean city of Chalcis. This type of ancient Greek helmet was a lighter and less restrictive form of the Corinthian helmet. The hinged cheek pieces were anatomically formed to fit closely to the face and tended to curve upward towards the eye, where large circular openings provided a wider field of view than the Corinthian helmets. By the time of Alexander the Great, the helmet was still worn by soldiers, most notably the hoplites, the heavy infantrymen who carried long spears; the helmet would later go on to develop into the Attic helmet which is iconic of Classical soldiers. For more examples of Chalcidian helmets, see Everson, T. (2004). Warfare in Ancient Greece: arms and armour from the heroes of Homer to Alexander the Great. The History Press, 116-124.Size: L:300mm / W:250mm ; 775gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s; formerly in an old German collection.

Militaria Ausland - Italien : Italien: Helm eines Kavallerieoffiziers, 1861 - 1871.Versilberte Helmglocke mit aufgesetztem feuervergoldeten geprägten Kamm, die Spitze als Löwenkopf. Auf der Vorderseite die gekrönte Chiffre "VE" König Vittorio Emanuele II. Die Helmglocke im unteren Bereich mit Besatz aus Bärenfell mit großem versilberten Savoyer Kreuz. Schuppenketten feuervergoldet an Rosetten. Seitlich originaler Reiherfedern - Paradebusch an zerplatzender Granate.Originales Innenfutter aus schwarzer Seide mit breitemrotbraunen Lederschweißband.Im schönen, mit schwarzem Leinen bezogenen  Original - Koffer mit vergoldetem Tragehenkel. Innenfutter aus rotbraunem Samt mit separater Aussparung für den Kamm.Wunderschöner Helm in allerbester Qualität und Erhaltung. In diesem hervorragenden Zustand nur schwer zu bekommen.Foreign Militaria - Italy : Italy. Helmet of a Cavalry Officer, 1861-1871. Silver plated helmet bell with attached fire gilded embossed crest, the top as a lion's head. On the front the crowned cipher "VE" King Vittorio Emanuele II. The helmet in the lower part trimmed in bearskin with large silver-plated Savoy cross. Chin scales fire-gilt on rosettes. Original egret feathers on side - parade breastplate on bursting grenade. Original black silk lining with wide reddish brown leather sweatband. In beautiful original black linen covered case with gilded carrying handle. Inner lining ofreddish brown velvet with separate recess for the comb. Beautiful helmet in the very best quality and condition. In this excellent condition only hard to get.

Militaria Ausland - Frankreich : Französischer Dragonerhelm, vermutlich der Legion Condé, Ende 18. Jahrhundert.Die Helmglocke Messing mit aufgesetztem handgetriebenem Kamm, seitlich mit ziselierten Federn. Vorderseitig Medusenhaupt. Oben am Kamm eingearbeiteter Ring zur Befestigung der Raupe. Glocke im unteren Teil mit originalem Besatz von Leopardenfell. Seitlich Kokarden und Hülse zum Einstecken des Busches. Rückseitig langer Roßhaarschwanz. Kamm auf der Innenseite vernietet. Mit breitem originalem braunem Lederschweißband und Futter aus braunem Leinen. Dazu Portraitminiatur eines Dragoner - Offiziers mit einem ähnlichen Helm in etwas späterer Ausführung mit ledernem Vorderschirm. Im zeitgenössischen Messingrähmchen mit rückseitigem Klappmechanismus zum Öffnen. 125 x 90 mm (m.R.) Literatur: Marcel Dugué Mac Carthy: Soldats du Roi - Les Armées de l'Ancien Régime. Collections Historiques du Musée de l'Armée. Paris 1984. Schöner und sehr seltener Dragonerhelm. Vergleichsexemplare befinden sich im Musée de l'Armée in Paris.Foreign Militaria - France : French Dragoon Helmet, probably of the Condé Legion, late 18th century.The helmet brass with attached hand-chased comb, chiselled feathers on the side. Medusa head on the front. Ring worked into the top of helmet. Lower part with original trimming of leopard skin. At the sides cockades and sleeve for inserting the bush. Long horsehair tail on the back. Comb riveted on the inside. With wide original brown leather sweatband and brown linen lining. Accompanied by a portrait miniature of a dragoon officer wearing a similar helmet in a somewhat later version with a leather front peak. In a contemporary brass frame with hinged opening mechanism on the back. 1 25 x 90 mm (including frame). Literature: Marcel Dugué Mac Carthy: Soldats du Roi - Les Armées de l'Ancien Régime. Collections Historiques du Musée de l'Armée. Paris 1984. Beautiful and very rare dragoon helmet. Comparative examples are in the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.

Militaria Ausland - Italien : Bedeutender Kommandostab des Fürsten Junio Valerio Scipione Borghese, Kommandeurs der Xª Flottiglia MAS.Der Stab aus Edelholz mit Knauf in Form eines Taucherhelms. Im Schaft eingelegtes Emblem "Xa" der Xª Flottiglia MAS. Darüber Dedikationsgravur: "I MARINAI REPUBLICANI / DELLA SCUOLA PALOMBARI / DELLA / "DECIMA FLOTTIGLIA MAS" / AL LORO COMANDANTE / CAP. DI FREG. / JUNIO VALERIO BORGHESE / PORTOFINO 12 - 6 - 44" Der Stab mittels Schraubgewinde in zwei Teile zerlegbar. Außerordentlich bedeutendes museales Objekt zu einem der bedeutendsten Soldaten des italienischen Faschismus und seiner legendären Xª Flottiglia MAS. Länge: 91,5 cm Fürst Junio Valerio Scipione Borghese (* 6. Juni 1906 in Rom; ? 26. August 1974 in Cádiz, Spanien) war ein italienischer Marine-Offizier und faschistischer Politiker. Seine Herkunft aus dem Hochadel und die Mitgliedschaft in der Faschistischen Partei, deren Farbe Schwarz war, brachten ihm den Beinamen der Schwarze Prinz (italienisch Il principe nero) ein. Junio Valerio Borghese entstammte einer der angesehensten römischen Adelsfamilien, den Borghese. Da sein Vater Diplomat war, verbrachte er einen Großteil seiner Kindheit und Jugend im Ausland, unter anderem in China, Ägypten, Spanien, Frankreich und Großbritannien. Im Jahre 1922 wurde er an der Marineakademie in Livorno aufgenommen und verließ diese 1928 als Leutnant zur See. In den Jahren danach diente er auf verschiedenen Kriegsschiffen der Regia Marina (Königlichen Marine), ab 1932 dann auf U-Booten. Bei Ausbruch des Krieges war Borghese Kommandant des U-Bootes R.Smg. Vettor Pisani, mit dem er an der Seeschlacht bei Punta Stilo und an Operationen gegen Gibraltar teilnahm. Im Jahre 1941 übernahm er als Korvettenkapitän (Capitano di Corvetta) das U-Boot Scirè, mit dem er der Xª Flottiglia MAS, einer Spezialeinheit der italienischen Marine, zugeteilt wurde. Mit diesem Boot unterstützte er einen berühmten Einsatz italienischer Kampfschwimmer (unter ihnen Luigi Durand de la Penne) mit bemannten Torpedos gegen den britischen Flottenstützpunkt im Hafen von Alexandria, wobei die britischen Schlachtschiffe HMS Valiant und HMS Queen Elizabeth versenkt wurden. Beide Schiffe konnten allerdings nach kurzer Zeit gehoben und anschließend repariert werden. Ab Mai 1943 befehligte er die gesamte Spezialeinheit, die wegen des Waffenstillstands vom 8. September 1943 (Waffenstillstand von Cassibile) eine traumatische Spaltung erfuhr. Borghese kämpfte nach einer Einigung mit deutschen Marinestellen in Ligurien im Rahmen der faschistischen Repubblica Sociale Italiana (Italienische Sozialrepublik) auf Seiten der Deutschen weiter. Der Verband, der ? obwohl nun ausschließlich an Land eingesetzt ? weiter als Xª Flottiglia MAS auftrat, wurde in der Folge beträchtlich erweitert und (neben kurzen Einsätzen gegen alliierte Truppen, so zur Abwehr der amerikanisch-britischen Landung bei Anzio-Nettuno) vor allem im Rahmen der Partisanenbekämpfung (vgl. Resistenza) verwendet, wo er durch äußerst rücksichtsloses, an die Praxis des faschistischen squadrismo der frühen 20er Jahre anknüpfendes Vorgehen auffiel. Borghese sicherte sich hierdurch Anerkennung und Protektion der deutschen Dienststellen, die seiner Einheit ein nahezu autonomes Agieren ermöglichten und ihn vor wiederholten Interventionen der italienischen Behörden ? im Januar 1944 ließ Mussolini Borghese sogar verhaften, musste ihn aber auf deutschen Druck hin wieder entlassen ? schützten. Für seine Einsätze erhielt er auch deutsche Auszeichnungen, darunter das Eiserne Kreuz 2. und 1. Klasse. Die Xª Flottiglia MAS wurde am 26. April 1945 in Mailand aufgelöst. Die Decima Flottiglia MAS (deutsch Zehnte MAS-Flottille; zunächst offiziell 10ª Flottiglia MAS, später Xª Flottiglia MAS, kurz 10ª MAS oder Xª MAS) war eine Spezialeinheit der italienischen Marine im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Abkürzung MAS stand in der Marine in der Regel für Motoscafo Armato Silurante, einen mit Torpedos ausgerüsteten Motorboottyp, der bei verschiedenen MAS-Flottillen eingesetzt wurde. Bei 10ª Flottiglia MAS handelte es sich jedoch um einen Decknamen, da die Einheit in erster Linie mit Sprengbooten und bemannten Torpedos ausgerüstet war. In diesem Fall stand MAS auch für mezzi d?assalto oder Kleinkampfmittel. In den ersten Kriegsmonaten verzeichnete die Decima MAS im Mittelmeer bei verschiedenen erfolglosen Einsätzen Verluste. Im weiteren Verlauf gelang es ihr bis September 1943, fünf Kriegsschiffe und 20 andere Schiffe außer Gefecht zu setzen. Bedeutend war insbesondere der Angriff auf Alexandria in der Nacht vom 18. auf den 19. Dezember 1941, dem unter anderem zwei britische Schlachtschiffe zum Opfer fielen. Weitere Erfolge erzielte eine kleinere, aus der Decima MAS entstandene Spezialeinheit im Schwarzen Meer. Nach dem Waffenstillstand von Cassibile und der folgenden Besetzung Italiens durch deutsche Truppen kam es im September 1943 zu einer traumatischen Spaltung der Flottille. In der unter deutschem Schutz stehenden Italienischen Sozialrepublik kämpfte ein als Xª Flottiglia MAS bezeichneter Großverband unter Junio Valerio Borghese bis Kriegsende an der Seite der Wehrmacht weiter. In der Nachfolge der bis September 1943 aktiven Decima MAS stehen die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gebildeten Spezialkräfte der Marina Militare.Foreign Militaria - Italy : Highly Important Baton of Command of Prince Junio Valerio Scipione Borghese, Commander of the Xª Flottiglia MAS.The baton made of precious wood with pommel in the shape of a diving helmet. The emblem "Xa" of the Xª Flottiglia MAS inlaid in the shaft. Dedication engraving above:"I MARINAI REPUBLICANI / DELLA SCUOLA PALOMBARI / DELLA / "DECIMA FLOTTIGLIA MAS" / AL LORO COMANDANTE / CAP. DI FREG. / JUNIO VALERIO BORGHESE / PORTOFINO 12 - 6 - 44"The baton can be disassembled into two parts by means of a screw thread.Exceptionally important museum object on one of the most important soldiers of Italian fascism and his legendary Xª Flottiglia MAS.Length: 91,5 cm. Prince Junio Valerio Scipione Borghese (* 6 June 1906 in Rome; ? 26 August 1974 in Cadiz, Spain) was an Italian naval officer and Fascist politician. His origins in the higher nobility and membership of the Fascist Party, whose colour was black, earned him the nickname the Black Prince (Italian: Il principe nero).Junio Valerio Borghese came from one of the most prestigious Roman noble families, the Borghese. As his father was a diplomat, he spent much of his childhood and youth abroad, including China, Egypt, Spain, France and Britain. In 1922 he was accepted at the Naval Academy in Livorno and left in 1928 as a second lieutenant at sea. In the years that followed he served on various warships of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy), then from 1932 on submarines.At the outbreak of the war, Borghese was in command of the submarine R.Smg. Vettor Pisani, with which he took part in the naval battle of Punta Stilo and in operations against Gibraltar. In 1941, as a corvette captain (Capitano di Corvetta), he took over the submarine Scirè, with which he was assigned to the Xª Flottiglia MAS, a special unit of the Italian Navy.With this boat, he supported a famous operation of Italian combat swimmers (among them Luigi Durand de la Penne) with manned torpedoes against the British naval base in Alexandria harbour, sinking the British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth. However, both ships could be raised after a short time and subsequently repaired. From May 1943, he commanded the entire Special Forces unit, which underwent a traum

Militaria Ausland - Frankreich : Fahne und Fahnenspitze der Legion Francais des Combattants aus der Zeit des Vichy - Regimes.Das Fahnentuch aus Seide in den Farben der Trikolore in verschiedene Felder unterteilt, in der Mitte Wappenschild der Legion mit den gallischen Helm. Auf der Vorderseite die gestickte Inschrift: LEGION FRANCAIS DES COMBATTANTS" und rückseitig:: "SECTION DE SAINT - LÉONARD". Dreiseitiger Fransenbehang aus vergoldeten Metallfäden. Die Fahnenspitze in Form des gallischen geflügelten Helms versilbert. Die Flügel beweglich gearbeitet. 240 x 140 mm. Schöne und seltene Fahne aus der Zeit des Etat Francais unter Maréchal Philippe Pétain.Foreign Militaria - France : Flag and pole top of the French Legion of Combatants from the Vichy period 1940 - 1944.Flag and pole top of the French Legion of Combatants from theVichy period 1940 - 1944. Made of silk in the colours of the tricolour, divided into different sections, with the legion's shield with the Gallic helmet in the middle. The embroidered inscription on the front: LEGION FRANCAIS DES COMBATTANTS" and on the back:: "SECTION DE SAINT - LÉONARD". Three-sided fringe curtain made of gilded metal threads. Silver-plated pole top in the shape of the Gallic winged helmet. The wings are movable. 240 x 140mm. Beautifuland rare flag from the period of the Etat Francais under Maréchal PhilippePétain.

A Mende "Bundu" wooden helmet mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate coiffure, scarification marks and ribbed neck. Height 45cm

WW2 Home Guard Helmet, Gas mask with armband etc

Two 19th century copper helmet shaped coal buckets. One with rear handle. H23.5cm & H19.5cm.

A painted, gilt and cast metal armorial plaque. Cast with a shield shaped coat of arms surmounted with a helmet and pelican, flanked by mantling and above the motto FINIS CORONAT OPUS, 59.5cm high

A George III cream jug, of helmet form with reeded angular handle, having banded foliate decoration and monogrammed cartouche, to a circular flaring base, makers mark worn A?, London 1803, h.9cm, 3ozSeveral small dents to body.With modest age/handling wear all over.Otherwise no apparent faults.

William John Wainwright (1855-1931) - Still life with rusty helmet, parrot and shawl, watercolour, signed lower right, 48 x 34cm

Copper tray and hammered copper coal helmet. Helmet 27cm h. Tray measuring 36cm d.

WW2 ARP warden's steel helmet with original liner and chin strap, marked W.

Greek/Athenian replica full size muscle cuirass armour H54cm together with helmet with white horsehair plume and chequered pediment H50cm

Medieval Style full size suit of armour and helmet together with shield and halberd, H200cm

A modern Sheffield silver sauce boat of helmet style shape with C-scroll handle and engraved inscription - "E.C. 6 April 1920" , (256 g), (7cm x 20cm x 9cm)

A German M1916 steel helmet, lacking liner.

A mid-20th century R.A.F. type C leather flying helmet, the chamois interior marked No. 3, 21849, size 7 1/8 - 7 8/8, together with a pair of Mk VIII flying goggles. (2)

A reproduction German M 1935 steel helmet with Waffen SS and swastika decals, having a leather liner and chin strap, stamped to the inner 1575 and ET-70.Purchased by the vendor as being a prop from the 2014 film Fury, although we cannot confirm this.

A WW II Foreign Service cloth covered pith helmet with GR VI Military Police badge, having a silk lined interior with label for Real Sola Pith Kirparam Bros, size 6 7/8.

A U.S. 1881-1902 Signal Corps orange horsehair helmet plume, in brown paper wrap marked Edward Eicke New York.

A post WW II Belgian Mk II Brodie clone helmet, the crown pad marked 58 ABL X.B 1952, having a leather liner and canvas chin streap, together with two other steel helmets. (3)

A WW II British Army Mk III steel turtle helmet, having a leather liner and canvas chin strap, together with a green painted Mk II Brodie helmet. (2)

A post WW II Foreign Service Wolseley pattern pith helmet of six panel cork construction with leather lining, silk headband and leather chin strap.

A WW II British Army Mk II steel helmet, the interior stamped RO~CO for Rubery Owen & Co Ltd Leeds and dated 1943, having a black leather liner and canvas chin strap.

A Royal Berkshire helmet plate, of stamped brass construction, with stag and oak to the centre within laurel wreath surmounted by a crown, 13cm.

A Foreign Service Wolseley pattern pith helmet of six panel cork construction with green felt lined interior and leather headband, together with one other Foreign service pith helmet. (2)

A German Third Reich Luftwaffe K-33 training helmet, in grey leather with integral forehead strap, the lambswool lined interior bearing a label for Thiel & Ergenzinger, Stutgart, size 54.

A U.S. M1 steel helmet, marked II to the front, having a canvas liner and chin strap.

A Spanish Civil War M1926 steel helmet, with canvas and leather liner and canvas chin strap.

A German Luftschutz Gladiator pattern steel helmet, complete with leather liner and chin strap, stamped RL2-38/28.PLEASE SEE TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING IMPERIAL GERMAN/THIRD REICH ITEMS.

A West Point Cadet ``Tar Bucket`` Dress Shako, the black wool body with capercaillie feather plume, patent leather crown, brass helmet plate, leather hat band, brass edged leather peak, leather slide adjustable chin strap with brass buttons and with leather lining, mounted as a lamp base on a mahogany plith witrh brass fittings and shade, the plinth bnearing a label for "Lew Ritter & Co by Capt. E.G. Young", h.90cm.

A German Luftschutz Civil Defence helmet, with leather liner and chin strap, stamped to the interior 7731 and EF.66.

A large collection of West Suffolk Constabulary Police helmet plates and cap badges, together with two blue and white cloth bands and a pair of steel hand-cuffs.

A U.S. Army Cal 30 M1 ammunition box, together with an Imperial German belt buckle, a 1937 2 Reichspfennig coin and a steel Brodie helmet. (4)

A WW II Homefront steel helmet, crudely painted to the front FAP (First Aid Party), having a leather liner and canvas chin strap, together with a blue painted turtle helmet marked Police and one other streel helmet. (3)

An Accles & Shelvoke of Birmingham "The Warrior" .177 air pistol, with side lever action and chequered grips with helmet logo, Patent Nos. British 351268 U.S.A. 538057, 19cm.

An Accles & Shelvoke of Birmingham The "Warrior" .177 air pistol, with side lever action and chequered bakelite grips with helmet logo, stamped to the frame F. Clarke's Patent Nos Brit. 351268, U,S,A. 538057, serial no. 718, 20cm.

A WW2 RAF TYPE C (WIRED) LEATHER FLYING HELMET AND RESPIRATOR Size no. 4, chamois leather and velvet-lined, fitted with rubber ear pieces, together with accompanying green rubber respirator with Air Ministry stamp and serial number 10A/12570 Condition Report:Available upon request

An Elizabeth II silver sauce boat, James Dixon and Sons, Sheffield 1965, footed helmet form, together with a twin handled bowl, 18cm long, 9.72ozt (2)

A group of ephemera and a helmet shell etc pertaining to Dunkirk veteran J A How-Seamons, Royal Artillery

A Victorian Royal Artillery officer's Home Service Pattern helmet

An RAF C-Type leather flying helmet, in a large size

German steel helmet the chin strap stamped 0/0750/0100Condition Report: Marked under the rim EF 64.

World War II leather flying helmet by Frank Bryan, dated 1940, with connecting cable,

Two Attica silver tetradrachms and a Greek silver nomos Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.The tetradrachms with the helmeted head of Athena, reverse AƟE, owl, circa 454-404 B.C., each 17.2g, and a silver nomos of Thurium (Lucania), the head of Athena wearing an Attic helmet with Scylla, reverse ΘOYΓIΩN with charging bull, circa 350 B.C., 6.7g; an Egyptian miniature Middle Kingdom pottery jar with tapering body and rounded base, 9.6cm high, and seven Greek pottery shards, 5cm-16cm (10)Footnotes:Provenance:Dr. Hans Stenzl (1880 Munich, Germany - 1980 Riehen, Switzerland).Dr Stenzl was a research chemist at F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Cie. AG and J.R. Geigy AG; he was the inventor of important pain-relieving and anti-rheumatic medications.He formed his collection of antiquities between 1953-1968. Private collection, London, inherited by the present owner in 1980.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Attic black-figure neck amphora of the Dot-band Class Attributed to the Bompas Group, Edinburgh Painter, circa 525-475 B.C.Side A depicting a beardless Herakles holding a club facing Athena, wearing a crested helmet holding a shield with tripod device, flanked by Hermes wearing the pestasos, looking back towards the scene; side B showing a departing warrior donning his greaves, between a draped man and a woman holding a spear and a shield, the neck with linked palmettes, enlivened with added details in crimson and white, rays emanating from the base, lotus flower and palmette tendrils below the handles, 15.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, A.G., Switzerland., Auk XVIII, 29 November 1959, lot 100, pl.27.Dr. Hans Stenzl (1880 Munich, Germany - 1980 Riehen, Switzerland), acquired from the above in 1958. Dr Stenzl was a research chemist at F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Cie. AG and J.R. Geigy AG; he was the inventor of important pain-relieving and anti-rheumatic medications.He formed his collection of antiquities between 1953-1968. Private collection, London, inherited by the present owner in 1980.Beazley Archive no. 360876.Published:F. Lissarrague and F. Thelamon (Eds), Image et céramique grecque. Actes du colloque de Rouen 1982 (Rouen 1983), 118, fig.4.J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971: 218, 221.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An WWII air raid helmet

A French 1895 pattern brass fire brigade helmet, embossed and applied with flaming grenade device and motto, 27cm long

An English Civil War style Parliamentarian steel lobster tailed pot helmet, 33cm high

Second World War German M35  steel helmet, originally double decal one has been scratched off leaving the eagle decal only, 'ET' for the maker Eissenhuttenwerke Thale, and the size 62 stamped to inside rim along with the factory lot number 3625, complete with leather liner and chin strap, the helmet was brought back from the war in 1945 by 692206 Private Jack Bailey of the Royal Corps of Signals who was attached to the 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, part of 43rd Wessex Division in the 21st Army Group in North West Europe, the helmet was 'liberated' from a German prisoner of war in the Port of Hamburg, direct from family

What appears to be an early Royal Air Force Type 'B' leather flying helmet, no integral wiring but designed to accommodate the addition of earphones for radio communication

Second World War British Mk II helmet shell, dated 1940 on the strap bale, stamped 'J.S.S.' for the maker Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd, Bilston who made the helmets between 1938 and 1941, no liner or chin strap

Wolsley Pattern white pith helmet as used by the Royal Marines, label with broad arrow and NATO stock number to interior, size 57, together with a similar helmet in khaki cloth with pagri band, (2)

Pith Helmet (Bombay Bowler), maker/retailer 'M. Manjoor, Saiboo 108-110 N, B Road, Singapore', size 7 1/2, together with a walking out cane to the Kings Regiment, white metal top bearing regimental badge and white metal ferrule, length 68 cm, and a similar, palin walking out cane with white metal top and ferrule, length 68 cm, (3)