A Blue Cloth Spiked Helmet to "Oxfordshire 2nd Volunteers Battalion", with white metal helmet plated, nickel spike and ear rosettes, leather backed chin scales, leather sweat band, the interior stamped Hobson.
Guide Price: £180-250
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An Ancient Greek "Illyrian" Type Bronze Helmet, possibly 2nd Century BC, with two parallel raised ridges to the skull, with forward pointing cheek protectors and upturned flange neck, verdigris patination, some damage to skull.
Guide Price: £5000-7000
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A Single Piece Fluted Skulled Ziaggarg, with adjustable single bar nasal defence, leather backed pierced three piece ear defences, with four piece lobster tail neck defence, heavily rivetted peaked rim, the crown with fluted conical pommel and star back plate.
Guide Price: £1500-1800
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A French Napoleonic Officer's Shako, with red cloth covered body, with silver lace top band, black leather top and peak bound with silver coloured metal, tricolour cockade with red feather plume, silver plated helmet plate as the Napoleonic eagle over a cartouche applied 2, with leather backed chin scales and silver bullion thread cord and tassels.
Guide Price: £800-1200
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An Edward VII Leather Spiked Helmet to an Officer of the King's Own Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry, the brass fluted spiked plume holder with cruciform base plate, brass back rib and folded edges, brass helmet plate and laurel leaf bands, ear rosettes and leather backed chin scales, with leather lining.
Guide Price: £600-800
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A Replica of a 19th Century Shako, with black patent leather top and peak, the sides covered in blue baize bordered by red ribbon, with red baize rosette and pink feather plume, a metal shako plate for the 95th Regiment.
Guide Price: £60-80
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A German Third Reich Civic Model Curved Dip Helmet, black painted, with single decal of a white shield with red cross centred by a black swastika, with leather chin strap and liner, the underside stamped DIN1494? and numbered 183 80; a similar helmet, no decals, the leather liner stamped HOING & PLUG, KOLN; two replica peaked caps and a field cap.
Guide Price: £80-120
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A Modern Japanese Gusoko (Suit of Armour), in black and gilt metal and red and gilt brocade, comprising a Daienzan style kabuto, a black metal mempo with hair moustache set below the nose cover, with neck lames, cuirass, shoulder, arm and thigh protectors, contained in a black lacquered box.
Guide Price: £100-200
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A Pair of Steel Gauntlets, with rolled edges, rivetted articulated knuckle and finger lames (re-leathered), and with hinged thumb guards, 30cm long.
Guide Price: £350-450
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A Bridle Gauntlet, but for a right arm, the arm guard of two leather lined pieces rivetted together, and with rolled edge with wrythen twisted decoration, the outer plate with a central raised chamfered ridge, set with four articulated metacarpal plates and a knuckle guard, possibly 17th Century.
View Lot No. 129