Trio of Austro-Bavarian Pre-WWI Steel, Leather and Brass Fire Helmets, late 19th/early 20th century, each in the traditional Bavarian form, two with a leather-covered steel crown and black-painted steel brim, with applied brass crest, badge and lion's-masque ear bosses (retaining the chin strap fittings but lacking the strap), with tan leather liner, the larger with the badge of the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Ketzelsdorf, h. 7-3/4", w. 7-1/2", l. 10-3/4", the smaller h. 7", w. 6-1/2", l. 8-1/2", the third helmet with leather crown and leather-covered steel brim, with brass crest, badge, front brim edge and cabochon earbosses, complete with leather liner and chin strap, h. 7, w. 6-3/4", l. 9-5/8". Provenance: The Estate of Paul Neal "Red" Adair, Houston, Texas. The only identifiable badge here is from the FF Ketzelsdorf (Ketzelsdorf Volunteer Fire Department), a suburb of Poysdorf in Lower Austria; the organization celebrated its jubilee in 2006.

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