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Stato Pontificio
height 30 cm.
Blackened leather skull, with a brass ball-shaped tip at the top (slightly dented) on a cross-shaped base with round brass rivets; front frieze with oak leaves, crossed keys, and papal tiara surrounding the monogram GSP (Guardia Svizzera Pontificia, or Papal Swiss Guard). Armored leather chin-straps with scales, lion's head earbands. Inside, cap missing; leather lining and covering of brim and eaves.
height 30 cm.
Blackened leather skull, with a brass ball-shaped tip at the top (slightly dented) on a cross-shaped base with round brass rivets; front frieze with oak leaves, crossed keys, and papal tiara surrounding the monogram GSP (Guardia Svizzera Pontificia, or Papal Swiss Guard). Armored leather chin-straps with scales, lion's head earbands. Inside, cap missing; leather lining and covering of brim and eaves.
Specialist Notes
The Pontifical Swiss Guard, founded on 22 January 1506 and composed of just over one hundred members, is the oldest permanent military corps in the world still in continuous service. A small number of these nineteenth-century helmets are still preserved i
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