Austrian dragoon officer's helmet M1850

koeniggratz

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Hello,

Do you happen to know the key features of the Austrian Dragoon officer's helmet M1850? I’m aware that it came in both steel and leather variants. My main question is how to distinguish the steel version of the M1850 from later models (post-1850). I am attaching a photo of an alleged 1850M officer helmet from book. I say alleged, because the book has some errors regarding some items.helma.jpg
 
Looks the same as the 1905 model from here. Couldn't comment on the materials used for the shell. Need to handle it to find out I guess.

Tony
 
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