Extremely rare Hundred Guard set comprising : - Helmet of One Hundred Guards. Steel bomb. Crest, "N" headband, lion mittens bosses, velvet lined chinstrap with scales and marmoset decorated with laurel leaves, in brass. Marmoset puff and mane with white horsehair braid. Scarlet olive feather with blue wool. Die-cut bomb "123". Leather inner lining. - Soubrevete de Cent-garde, rare trial model in red cloth. In red cloth, bordered with a 5 cm wide braid and a 2 cm braid in gold trimming. Central motif richly embroidered in strong relief of the large imperial coat of arms in thread, canetille, sequins, with crown and gilt brass attributes. With needle hook. Presented with a Second Empire period knight's star of the Legion of Honour. T.T.B. B.E. Bibliography : Debaecker Collection, figures 49 and 50 p. 61 and notice 104 pages 309 and 310 of the work "One hundred guards for an emperor".