The helmet of an officer of the Pskov cuirassier regiment of the sample of 1846 to carry out building

To 1840 years, despite the development of firearms, the cuirassiers in the Russian army still remained the heavy cavalry, designed to break through the closed system of the infantry. Compared to the Napoleonic era, their number has not decreased, but even increased slightly and reached three divisions of four in each regiment (one guard and two in the army). With the introduction in 1829 buttons with mint instead of smooth for cuirassiers as for elite units in the army equivalent to the grenadiers, were equipped with buttons that had the stamp of the flaming Grenada with the number of the regiment. In 1846 instead of leather helmets were introduced metal, in the 1st cuirassier division of the steel, and in the 2nd – tompakova, with the arms of the same type that were used on the helmets of the infantry regiments of the sample in 1844 the cuirassier coat was a double-headed eagle with her wings, sitting on a shield in the shape of a Crescent. On the shield was engraved the small shaped shield with the same image as on the button, while the shelf room has been done overhead, the color opposite to the metal emblem. Color metal helmets (white or yellow) match the color of the instrument metal shelf. The color of the coat of arms was opposite (on the steel helmets of copper and tompakova – tinned iron). The officers are strictly forbidden to wear hats, and were instructed in all forms of to be in helmets and with swords. However, metal drill helmet would be too heavy for everyday wear. Therefore, simultaneously with their introduction of officers allowed to carry out building leather helmets of the same model in the army infantry, but with the regimental coat of arms in color instrumental metal, with the corresponding number. White metal device and the image in the small shield emblem in the form of a flaming Grenada with the number 4 was assigned to the Pskov cuirassier regiment. This combination of the colors of the coat of arms of Grenada and rooms could exist on only one form of headgear – the helmet of an officer of the Pskov cuirassier regiment of the sample of 1846 to be worn outside the building. Similar helmets existed not more than 14 years and was abolished no later than 1860, when all the army cuirassier regiments were disbanding.

Unfortunately, due to the primitive technologies of manufacturing solid leather used in the mid-nineteenth century, then the helmet was exceptionally unstable quality, directly affect their safety. Some specimens have reached our days almost intact (with the exception of loss of elasticity and cracking of the varnish), and others are often collapsed and crumbled from drying out of the skin. The result is storage in a damp place hard skin often plesnila that led to the complete loss of mechanical properties – sturdy once the material at the slightest load is literally spread like a cardboard. Unfortunately, the original officer's helmet did not spare the time. However, a metal device which is its main value, have been preserved perfectly, as well as originally Sultan of black horsehair. Therefore, we decided to set the remaining details of a genuine headdress on it high quality replica, made in our days. The helmet is made to sample the same authentic hats. A metal device, in particular, coat of arms, vystupovanie of thick Nickel silver and Sultan with stand and scales are preserved perfectly. The only metal part that was needed to produce the newly – commissioned officers ' badge sample 1844 corrugated sockets fixed under the eye of the right scales. The chances are that this helmet has survived in the original, there is little, as its age is nearly two centuries, and the number of officers entitled to wear it, even theoretically does not exceed a few dozen. Therefore, we have taken a step to ensure the continued preservation of the external appearance unique, in fact, the headdress seems to us fully justified.