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Click here to subscribeWW2 Senior Wardens Steel Helmet, being an interesting example made from a WW1 “A” pattern British brodie helmet. The helmet has been painted white and with stencilled black “W” to the front and rear. Complete with its WW2 liner stamped with makers mark and date 1941 and webbing chinstrap. Accompanied by standard 1939 dated black painted civil defence steel helmet complete with liner and chinstrap. (2 items)
Bavarian Field Artillery Officers Pickelhaube with Parade Plume, fine example of a leather bodied pickelhaube having Bavarian square dip peak with brass trim. Officers Bavarian state helmet plate to the centre, scaled chinstraps with state and national officers pattern cockades. Cruciform spike base in gilt metal with securing stars and parade pattern spike / plume holder. Red horsehair plume with gilt top mount. Officers pattern green cloth lining with the remains of the gilt tooled tailors details. Leather officers pattern sweatband still in place. The helmet does show some expected service wear but still a good example.
Victorian 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Officers Lance Cap, leather body with red cloth mortar board top, gilt braid to the top and lower sections of the body of the helmet. Bullion wire work to the peak. Complete with officers pattern silver gilt helmet plate having winged harp and battle honours. Bullion cord plume holder and green feathered officers plume with gilt metal socket fitting. Velvet backed linked chinstrap with gilt metal lion head bosses. Interior retains the leather sweatband and crimson cloth lining with gilt tooled “J B Johnstone” London tailors details. The helmet is housed in an associated metal storage tin with brass name plaque “H G Rose Esq 5th Lancers”. The headdress shows evidence of extensive cleaning and areas of restoration.
Rare WW1 British Other Ranks “Gor-Blimey” Cap, very good example of the very rare variation British WW1 trench cap known as a “Gor Blimey”, complete with its brass other ranks Royal Artillery cap badge with spinning wheel centre. Fold down neck section with strap across the top of the cap. Interior retains the correct thick blue spiralled quilted cloth lining. No label or markings can be found. Cap shows some wear but generally a good example. These caps were produced and put into service during the winter of 1915. It was quickly found that the early service dress cap that the British soldiers first went to France with was not suitable, so this cap was produced so that the neck flap and type of lining could protect against the cold. However they were not practical as they became very heavy when they got wet. It is said that they got the knick name “Gor Blimey” caps because of the shock of a British high ranking officer when he first saw the caps and it is said he asked “Gor Blimey what are you wearing”, others say it was a nickname given by seasoned British soldiers who were used to the more traditional uniform. They were quickly replaced by the standard issue trench cap and then the Brodie steel helmet, as a result they are now very rare.
Victorian 16th (Queens) Lancers Officers Lance Cap, fine example with leather body and black cloth mortar board top, gilt braid to the body and regimental braid to the top section. Bullion wire work to the peak. Officers two piece silver gilt Victorian helmet plate to the front. Bullion embroidered plume holder and black swan feather plume with gilt officers plume socket. Gilt metal lion head side bosses with velvet backed linked officers chinstrap. Bullion cap lines wrapped around the helmet. Interior with leather sweatband and crimson lining. Fine example with all the bullion work remaining bright. Helmet is housed in its original japanned tin with brass name plate being engraved “F. E. ADAMS ESQ 16TH QUEEN’S LANCERS”. The plume is also housed in original metal storage tin.
Victorian 4th Volunteer Battalion Essex Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plate, brass crowned Maltese cross helmet plate with circlet having regimental details, voided centre having strung bugle with “4” to centre. Two of the three lugs remaining. Missing its blackened finish. Accompanied by a 1st Volunteer battalion Hampshire regiment other ranks helmet plate centre mounted on a reproduction backing plate. (2 items)
Royal Navy Foreign Service Helmet Attributed to Lieutenant L W Burch RN, good example of the white tropical foreign service helmet with blue piped central pagri. Helmet is housed in its original metal storage tin with named paper labels and luggage tag. Accompanied by his WW2 pattern officers peaked cap with bullion cap badge and officers undress leather sword belt with gilt metal buckle. Please see the following lots -- -- -- --, -- for other items relating to Lieutenant L W Burch Royal Navy.
George VI Royal Marines Officers Dress Helmet Attributed to Major J Lampen RM, standard pattern white dress helmet having kings crown officers headdress badge to the centre with blue enamel centre backing. Brass ball top and linked officers chin chains. Interior with officers pattern lining. Housed in metal storage tin with painted name details to the lid. Some wear and staining.
French Barn Find WW1 German M-16 Steel Combat Helmet, untouched example of the standard model M-16 steel combat helmet which retains much of the original green paint finish, most of it is obscured by a layer of surface rust. To the top right hand side is a small bullet or shrapnel hole. Interior also has much of the original paint finish remaining. Complete with part of the original liner and leather chinstrap. A wonderful time capsule which was recently discovered in a barn in Northern France.
Rare Hessian Lieb-Garde Infantry Regiment 115 Reserve Officers Pickelhaube, black leather shell with silvered officers Hessian helmet plate with starburst to chest and enamelled centre having central motto “GOTT EHRE VATER-LAND”. Gilt brass reserve cross to the lower section of the plate. Scroll above the helmet plate with “1621”. Silvered scaled officers chinstraps with state and national officers cockades. Cruciform spike base with domed rivet fittings and non-removable Hessian pattern fluted spike. Silvered front trim and rear spine with plain domed fittings. The rear peak has caved in at the edges. Interior of the helmet has the original leather sweatband and officers style lining. Generally a good example of a rare officers helmet.
WW2 German Afrika Korps Pith / Sun Helmet, being a 1st model example in tropical cloth over cork. Leather trim to the brim and metal eagle and tri-colour decal shields. Red lined interior with leather sweatband. Remains of the original strap in place. Slight loss of cloth to the top fitting and light staining but otherwise a good example.
Imperial German Cuirassier Officers Parade Helmet, an unusual helmet being a tomback helmet which has been plated with areas of the original finish showing through. To the front of the helmet is an officers Garde du Corps or Guard Cuirassiers officers enamelled helmet plate. Scaled brass leather backed chinstrap with large pattern state and national cockades. The helmet has a riveted lobster tail back. Cuirassier type fluted spike. Underside of the front peak has green leather covering, underside of rear peak having a tan leather covering. Officers quality lining to the interior with leather sweatband. Some areas of restoration, sold as viewed.
Imperial German 2nd Cuirassier (Kurassier) Regiment Other Ranks Helmet, fine example of a steel lobster tail pattern helmet with brass trim, brass studs to the lobster tail. Complete with its original brass other ranks helmet plate having additional scroll “HOHENFRIEDBURG 4th June 1745”. Brass scaled chinstraps with single other ranks pattern cockade. Under the cockade is original issue stamp for the 2nd Cuirassier regiment. Original other ranks pattern spike. The helmet is complete with its original black leather liner system. Underside of the front trim is stamped with makers mark “CLEMEN”, liner also stamped with maker Hermann Clemen Elberfeld. The helmet shows some wear but generally still a very good example.
WW2 German “War Art” Steel Combat Helmet, superb example of a rough textured camouflaged M-35 pattern steel combat helmet which retains its original leather liner and leather chinstrap. The helmet has been hand painted with various insignias and places that the GI who captured the helmet visited wile being part of the US 4th Infantry division. To the centre of the helmet is painted NSDAP swastika flag with in yellow “V-E DAY” to one side and the other side “5-7-45”. The helmet was captured and painted by “Pte R.D. McLaren”, it would appear due to the places painted on the helmet, that he served throughout the 4th Divisions tour of operations in North West Europe. Overall a superb example which tells the story of one mans service. The American 4th Infantry division was one of the first infantry (non-airborne) divisions to land on the Normandy beaches (Utah Beach) during the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944. They continued to play a pivotal role in the advance across North West Europe. They were heavily involved in the fighting across Germany, finally ending up in actions in Bavaria. On 2nd May 1945, the division reached Miesbach on the Isar river, German Austrian border. The division was returned to the USA in July 1945.
A Sèvres cup and saucer (tasse à toilette et soucoupe) date code for 1769, the saucer painted by Jacques Fontaine, the cup probably by Jean-Louis Morin, each with cameo portraits of Classical figures draped in tied berried laurel swags reserved on a striped gilt ground, and a large Sèvres saucer with a date code for 1811, elaborately decorated with gilt winged griffins flanking Classical helmet panels all on a rich brown ground, printed 'M Imple de Sevres' mark, the cup cracked, its handle broken and repaired, 15.4cm max. (3)
Ca. 900 - 1000 AD. A helmet fabricated from four triangular iron plates curved to conform to the human head; riveted construction; with bands inside and outside supporting the structure of the helmet; perforated rim for the attachment of a mail aventail. Helmets of this type were once common across Europe in the post-Roman world through to the later Middle Ages. The relatively straightforward construction methods made them ideal for production in quantity for the armies of the emergent states of Europe and elsewhere. Good condition with restoration/bands, rivets and internal support. 180 x 220 mm; 7.0866x8.6614 in; 1314g; Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
Ca. 400 BC. Attractive Greek Chalcidian Hoplite Helmet with cheek-guards on a custom made stand. The Chalcidian helmet was popular in Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, as well as the southern parts of Greece that were colonized by the Greeks. The helmet appears to have been a development of the Corinthian helmet, but with improvements in design which gave the wearer better hearing and vision, resulting in a lighter and less bulky helmet. The helmet would commonly have a hole pierced on each cheek piece or elsewhere in order to accept an inner lining which was made of leather; adornments, such as combs of horsehair, were usually placed on the top of the helmet. 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. Overall good condition; some professional restoration; 360 x 240 mm; 14.1732x9.4488 in; 845g; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.
Ca.500 BC. Ancient Greece, post-Corinthian, A Pseudo-Corinthian type bronze helmet with elegant, almond-shaped false eye holes and a spear-head shaped nose guard, molded eyebrows above extending to a ridge around the crown of the head, traces of incised decoration Fine condition; Restored hole on the back and parts of the front; 200 x 235 mm; 7.874x9.25195 in; 1157g; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.
A Victorian brass helmet shaped coal bin having embossed decoration with turned wooden handle and matching scoop, together with a copper urn and cover (2).Brass bin – quite dented and with some major damage to underneath, but perfectly useable and the damage is not obvious.Copper urn – with replacement handle, various minor dents.
OGONI 'BIRD' MASK, wood, clay, red pigment to inner helmet portion, clay applied to face beneath, large human nose, cylindrical eyes, protruding beak or tongue, early to mid 20th century, 36cm Note: Bird masks are a rarer type among the Ogoni. Provenance: Collection of Julien Harris (1910-2011) - see lot 1066.
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