Set of a cuirassier officer’s helmet and breastplate, consisting of: - Model 1874 officer’s helmet. Iron helmet. Helmet cap, gadrooned crest, headband with a grenade motif, scale-patterned chin straps (minor missing sections), plume holder, and patinated brass band (traces of gilding). Red horsehair crest and black horsehair mane (some missing). No inner liner. One crest screw is missing. - Officer’s breastplate. Made of nickel-plated sheet iron, with iron rivets. Shoulder pads with chain-link rings, lion’s-paw shoulder pad fasteners, and patinated brass clasps decorated with laurel leaves. Shoulder pad linings and straps in patent leather. Remains of a belt (buckle missing). Markings from the Châtellerault Arms Manufactory, June 1896, 2nd size, Extra Width No. 1, Officer E.M. (Heavily oxidized; requires cleaning). Third Republic. This lot comes from the Oriental Room of the Château d’Arcangues.