Helmet and cuirass set for a cuirassier officer: - Lot 34

Helmet and cuirass set for a cuirassier officer: -Officer's helmet model 1874. Nickel-plated shell (traces of replating). Crest with gadroons, marmoset, chinstrap with scales lined with rubbed velvet, gilded brass band. Amazing mane of hair, with braid. Marmoset headpiece in red horsehair. Inside headdress decorated with small iron (gold remains). The inside of the bomb has a label "de Lardemelle". Officer's light breastplate in nickel-plated iron sheet (small holes of presentation). Shoulder straps in lion's head, shoulder straps with curb rings and clasps decorated with friezes of laurel leaves in gilded brass. Lining of shoulder straps, tie rods and patent leather belt. B.E. (belt fasteners redone). Third Republic. History : Jacques de Lardemelle (1882-1918), cavalry captain in the 12th and 5th cuirassiers, died for France on June 13, 1918, Knight of the Legion of Honor. Lardemelle had charged an enemy cavalry troop with the 5th cuirassiers. Lieutenant de Lardemelle had killed an enemy with a point shot.