Helmet of the Paris Guard, model 1857. Iron shell. Crest decorated with oves (dents and repairs). Eagle headband marked "Grade de Paris", radiating bosses, leather-lined "8" ring chinstraps (later fastening), brass band stamped "369". Black horsehair mane and red horsehair powder puff. Tricolor plume. A.B.E. (missing nape-cap lining, minor accidents to headpiece). Second Empire period.