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I was going to type something eloquent but the drool is shorting out my keyboard! Beautiful helmet Peter. The only way it could look beter is in MY collection.

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I am desparately looking for 2 x white plumes and a black plume in order to complete the restoration of three helmets. I need the Dragoon style plume as opposed to the Household Cavalry style. Thnx,

A regimental museum has asked me for help in identifying this helmet. Can anyone please help? Clive

A helmet as currently worn by the Governor General's Horse Guards. This one is in the Base Borden Museum but I am looking for one for my own collection (hint, hint)

Here is another helmet to the Lord Strathcona's Horse. This helmet is unusual in several respects. The pattern is that of the Household Cavalry rather than the more usual Dragoon style. The helmet skull is brass instead of silver and the plume is red instead of white over red. I would discount...

Well, seeing as you asked... This is a helmet worn by the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). It features a King's Crown and displays a distressed curb-chain.

As my first post I offer a recent addition to my collection, A Cavalry helmet to the Governor General's Body Guard. The liner is dated 1903 and War Department (WD) marked