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I hope someone can help me with the determination of this helmet.
It has got the look and feel of a dragoon or paradehelmet. The shield on the front is Danish, but I think that this is a younger addition. It looks like a shield from a Danish helmet from WW2. I've searched in the collections of the Danish war museum, but I could not find this helmet. The Danes had a dragoonhelmet with a lion, but it doesn't look like this helmet. I suspect that one paw was on top of a shield (note the hole in the helmet beneath the paw). There is a hole in the lion head. Probably for the addition of a crownn or plume. Last edited by Panoleon; 19th March 2021 at 06:03 PM. |
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Addition. I also think that de helmet itself is made of silver. It has got a verry typical black oxidation. Alpaca (or Berlin silver) does not oxidate.
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Panoleon, you would be aware that such type of modern items is not within this European forum scope. Let us move this thread to the miscellania forum.
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Yes it’s the Danish coat of arms with the three crowned lions passant facing forward surrounded by water lilies leaves.
I saw a similar helmet for a general of the Danish cavalry of the King’s staff worn by King Fredrik VII of Denmark. |
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Victrix, would you say Panoleon's example ia a genuine 19th century helmet and not a get together setup ?
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It looks like some half completed/disassembled example? The number of holes back and front is striking. Why would anyone go through the trouble to create an unauthentic version of this helmet?
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