Brass helmet (˜1855) In this collection since: 04.07.2012
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French fire helmet made of brass. Helmets of this species are from the time of the 3rd Republic between 1855 and 1872. The brass helmet was used in Beaumont, today a suburb of Clermont-Ferrand.
The form was created after the reign of Napoleon. The helmet is the successor of helmet no. 161.