French Dragoon Cavalry Helmet c 1845

The helmet brass skull and edging to the peaks and fur turban to the body. A brass top crest which is decorated to the sides with volutes and laurel leaves, the front with a medusa head above a flaming grenade, surmounted by an ornate brass holder that contains a short red horsehair brush, a long black horsehair tail hangs from the rear of the comb and white feather side plume. It retains the original chin chains and bosses, and remains of leather and padded liner, some wear but in overall good condition