British Army Dragoons Heavy Cavalry Officer Helmet Chin Scales Military Provost Staff Corps and quality of casting distinguish

and quality of casting distinguish it from standard glengarry or cap badges

Snap closure button

enameled central shield with central emblem of an eagle clutching a snake

A 37 mm alloy pin badge of the Maginot Line fortress troops

Awarded for combat action during the 1944 campaign against the German forces on the Western Front (Normandy - Ardennes - Germany)

British Army Dragoons Heavy Cavalry Officer Helmet Chin Scales Military Provost Staff Corps and quality of casting distinguishA British Army heavy cavalry (dragoons, dragoon guards) officer's helmet chin strap. Approx. 47 cm length, boss to boss. Leather base with gilded brass curb chain scales. Each end with 50 mm ear rosette. Complete with attaching parts. A rare to find spare in very good condition.