A dragoon helmet is an ornate style of metal combat helmet featuring a tall crest; they were initially used by dragoons, but later by other types of heavy cavalry and some other military units. Originating in France in the second half of the 18th century, it was widely imitated by other European armies and was last used in combat in 1914. Some military units continue to wear this style of helmet for parades and other ceremonial duties.
A dragoonhelmet is an ornate style of metal combat helmet featuring a tall crest; they were initially used by dragoons, but later by other types of heavy...
The Albert helmet is a type of dragoonhelmet introduced by the British military in the 19th century. The helmet was developed by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg...
with British dragoons and dragoon guards, adopted a helmet which was a hybrid between the Pickelhaube and the traditional dragoonhelmet which it replaced...
origins: the 28 dragoon regiments of the Imperial German Army wore the infantry Pickelhaube or spiked helmet, while British dragoons wore scarlet tunics...
officer's dragoonhelmet. 17th century Safavid helmet (Safavid army). See also headgear listing within Components of medieval armour. Combat helmet "Hdt....
green rather than blue, and (in place of the bonnet à poil) a copper dragoonhelmet with a hanging mane in the Neo-Greek Minerve style, with a red plume...
cuirassier regiments were discarding their cuirasses, while helmets in the form of so-called dragoonhelmets, made of brass or leather, made a comeback among the...
The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith...
after 1700 but the Napoleonic era saw ornate cavalry helmets reintroduced for cuirassiers and dragoons in some armies which continued to be used by French...
Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. The regiment's history began in 1678, when three independent troops of Scots Dragoons were...
into the upper front side. It was based on the Continental European dragoonhelmet that became popular in several other armies before it fell out of fashion...
athletic helmets, including football helmets, batting helmets, hockey helmets, cricket helmets, bicycle helmets, ski helmets, motorcycle helmets and racing...
The Westminster Dragoons (WDs) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army Army Reserve, located in central London. Its lineage is continued by one of...
Plates and bowls jump out of people's hands and smash to the ground. A dragoon'shelmet that the boys had bought at Mrs Betterton's contents auction starts...
Dodge first meets a Comanche emissary, July 14, 1834. Note the leather dragoonhelmets of the soldiers and Dodge's buckskin outfit. Residents of the Comanche...
Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte...
altered to conform with that of the 6th Dragoon Guards: white metal Dragoonhelmet with white plume, blue Dragoon tunic with white collar, cuffs, piping...
dragon." Notopoulos 1964, pp. 114: "They are not clad in armor, nor in helmets. They wear a cap, a cloth doublet, and their pleated kilt is unmistakably...
Life Guards, Blues and Royals, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and Royal Dragoon Guards wear metal helmets with plumes, the plumes variously coloured to...
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th...
The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards was a heavy cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). First...
with six white loops across the front and a black Dragoonhelmet with red plume. In 1862 the helmet was replaced by a Hussar busby with scarlet bag and...
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