Lot of American 19th Century Headgear

1.) Private purchase pattern 1876 campaign hat with an 8th Cavalry badge stitched to the brow, a black vegetable dyed edge binding, and no visible maker marks. Cords appear replaced.

2.) New York National Guard cavalry officer pattern dress helmet by Ridabock & Co. Helmet is fabricated of cloth covered cork with a red silk liner and leather sweatband. Interior crown of the helmet retains the remnants of a RIDABOCK & CO. tag surrounding the tie-down for the plume. Shell mounts a two-piece US 7th Cavalry plate, and a yellow horsehair plume. Helmet shows the seams along both flanks typical of New York helmets.

3.) New York National Guard dress helmet with side seams and ventilators mounting a US 4th Infantry Regiment plate. Item features a white horsehair plume and comes with gold cords. The helmet is composed of cloth-covered cork with a leather sweatband and the tie-down surrounded by a tag reading RIDABOCK & CO./FORMERLY/BAKER & MCKENNEY/141 GRAND ST., NEW YORK. The interior of the helmet has been stamped 11 9 above a faded INSPECTOR GENERAL'S/N.Y./INSPECTED 1898.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

1.) Good to Very good. The edge binding color has faded to brown with some fraying along the edges. Sweat band has hardened overall with flaking, cracks and stains. Seam at the back of the liner has broken with some stitching popping loose. Three holes pierced through the crown.

2.) Good. Cords are stained with tarnish showing over brass components. The textile liner is flaking away around the tie-down with most of the maker tag worn off. Silk liner is shattering.

3.) Very good to Fine. Interior textile liner is intact with sweatband showing some abrasions and some flaking along the outer liner. Plume is frayed.

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