Original British Household Cavalry Helmet Life Guard White Horsehair Plume Assembly MILITARIA A new pattern clearing rod

A new pattern clearing rod

This is perhaps the last opportunity to find such an offering

These are seldom encountered for private purchase as the British Government discourages sales of police surplus and normally require all helmets to be destroyed

From mid-front to mid-rear a well-pronounced projecting rib was shaped

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Original British Household Cavalry Helmet Life Guard White Horsehair Plume Assembly MILITARIA A new pattern clearing rodOriginal Item: Sold off by The British Ministry of Defense in the early 1990s these are the Original Horse Hair Plume Assemblies for the Life Guard Regiment (White) and The Royal Horse Guard Regiment (Red) which together make up The Household Cavalry. Constructed from genuine Horse Hair approximately 18" in length draped around a wooden "donut" mounted atop a central 9" metal rod, which is held in place by a hole down through the "spike" on the Helmet