Hey guy's, if you ever pass by any Belgian headgear, please let me know.
Looking for any kind of 19th and early 20 century headgear; police, firefighter, customs, etc...even civilian services.
Got the original die which was used to made the lion crest! That is as close as I can get to the original one so far...
One of the die's can be seen here, in front is a copy of the crest.
Hey Francis,
thanks!
It says Sapeurs Pompiers de la ville d'Anvers. In French.
Flemish on Flemish/Belgian governmental services only appeared (far!) after WWI.
The transitional period was in the two languages.
For example; the Leopold orde (medal) that had his motto only in French before 1952.
My guess for this helmet is 1850/1880.