REPRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY HELMETS
The Household Cavalry
The British Household Cavalry are the Queen's ceremonial Bodyguard which accompany members of the Royal Family on important ceremonial events of State. The force is made up of regular servicement who join the horse troop of the most senior British regiments including the Life Guards and the Blues & Royals ( formally the Royal Horse Guards ).
Repromilitaria Household Cavalry helmets offer a series of Officers and Ordinary Rank present day helmets for the 2 regiments of the Household Cavalry. These are excellent quality examples of the Life Guards and Blues and Royals headgear as used in such ceremonies as the Trooping of the Colour. All of the helmets consist of a silver shell with brass bound edges, onto the shell is fixed the large helmet plate which for officers are made in 3 parts consisting of a back plate with surrounds of oak and laurel leaves onto which is mounted an oval garter with the inscription 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense ' In the centre of the garter is a red Cross. For the O.R. trooper the plate is less ornate. The plates have QE2 crowns at the top. There is a brass plume holder and spike into which the red or white plumes are mounted. There is a chinchain in brass with a leather backing and this is attached to the shell with 2 brass rosettes. The helmets have a leather liner and cloth sack to the interior. The plume holders vary in style as they do on original helmets.
Life Guards
Life guards helmet are distinuished from the Blues & Royals squadron by their white plumes. Life Guard tunics are in red.
Blues & Royals
The Blues & Royals have a red plume. Their uniforms differ in colour and cut. Blues & Royals have Blue tunics
PRICES for Life Guards and Blues & Royals
- Officers Life Guards - Blues & Royals helmets are £385 out of stock
- Ordinary Rank Life Guards - Blues & Royals helmets £375
- Resupply has now arrived. Great improvement to our helmets with a changed front peak design and a re modelled silver star achieving greater accuracy to the original officers plates. Household cavalry helmets now feature real horsehair plumes.
ORIGINAL FULL HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY CEREMONIAL UNIFORMS
BLUES & ROYALS
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
B & R complete uniform
This is a complete household cavalry uniform for the Blues & Royals trooper of the Household cavalry. It is, with a few exceptions, all original and genuine ex army household cavalry uniforms
B & R complete uniform
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
B & R complete uniform
The uniform consists of a helmet with red plume, tunic, breeches, mess trousers, cuirass with brass hanging straps, cross belt and pouch, waist belt , gauntlets and parade boots and full thigh length boots and spurs
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
The chinchain with rosettes and cuirass straps are reproduction items whilst the waist belt and pouch have resin made copes of original badges
Full ceremonial uniforms £1600
LIFEGUARDS
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
Cuirass, gauntlets, trousers etc
This is a complete household cavalry uniform household cavalry uniforms for the Lifeguards trooper of the Household cavalry. It is, with a few exceptions, all original and genuine ex army
full ceremonial uniform
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
The uniform consists of a helmet with white plume, tunic, breeches, mess trousers, cuirass with brass hanging straps, cross belt and pouch, waist belt , gauntlets and parade boots and full thigh length boots and spurs
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
with cuirass, breeches, tunic etc
The chinchain with rosettes and cuirass straps are reproduction items whilst the waist belt and pouch have resin made copes of original badges
Full ceremonial uniforms £1600
REPRODUCTION DRAGOON GUARDS HELMETS
The Dragoon Guards
The British Dragoon Guards are heavy cavalry regiments of the British Army and were divided into 7 regiments each bearing its own title.
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards (1746, from The King's Own Regiment of Horse)
- 2nd Queen's Dragoon Guards (1746, from The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Horse); redesignated 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (1872); redesignated The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) (1921); amalgamated to form 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (1959)
- 3rd Dragoon Guards (1747, from 4th Regiment of Horse); redesignated 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards (1765); amalgamated to form 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards (1922); redesignated 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) (1928); amalgamated with Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) to form Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (1971)
- 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards (1788, from 1st Irish Horse); redesignated 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (1921); amalgamated to form 4th/7th Dragoon Guards (1922); redesignated 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (1936); amalgamated to form Royal Dragoon Guards (1992)
- 5th Dragoon Guards (1788, from 2nd Irish Horse); redesignated 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards (1804); redesignated 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (1920); amalgamated with The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons) to form 5th/6th Dragoons (1922); redesignated 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1927); redesignated 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1935); amalgamated to form Royal Dragoon Guards (1992)
- 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) (1788, from 3rd Irish Horse); redesignated The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) (1920); amalgamated to form 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards (1922)
- 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards (1788, from 4th Irish Horse); redesignated 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) (1921); amalgamated to form 4th/7th Dragoon Guards (1922)
The Dragoon Guards regiments were converted to armoured cars and tanks during the 1930s. There are still three Dragoon Guards regiments in the British Army:
( formally the Royal Horse Guards ).
Reproduction Dragoon Guard Helmets
Dragoon Guards is a designation that has been used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army since the 18th century. Repromilitaria offers a range of reproduction British Dragoon Guards helmets for Ordinary Rank troopers All of the helmets consist of a brass shell with brass bound edges, onto the shell is fixed the helmet plate which is a star plate onto which is mounted an oval garter with the inscription 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense '. In the centre of the garter on a black background is the figure which represents the regiments from 1 to 7. There is a brass plume holder and spike into which the plume is mounted. There is a chinchain in brass with a leather backing and this is attached to the shell with 2 brass rosettes. The helmets have a leather liner and tie to the interior. You can order any of the regiments named above.
PRICES for Dragoon Guard Helmets 1 - 7
- Ordinary Rank Dragoon Guard helmets £335
ORIGINAL CAVALRY PRODUCTS
Original Household cavalry breeches
Original Household cavalry breeches
Original Household cavalry breeches
These are original household cavalry uniforms breeches in a variety of sizes. They are used items
£39 a pair
Cavalry gauntlets
Original Household cavalry breeches
Original Household cavalry breeches
These are used Lifeguard and Blues & Royals cavalry gauntlets in a variety of sizes
£25 a set
Cavalry helmet plumes
Original Household cavalry breeches
Cavalry helmet plumes
Used Lifeguard and Blues & Royals helmet plumes in red and white
£47 a plume
Leather sword straps
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
Cavalry helmet plumes
Original sets of leather household cavalry uniforms sword sling straps
£10 a set SOLD OUT
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
Genuine Blues & Royals & Lifeguards household cavalry helmets with red or white plume and replacement chinchains and rosettes
£685
Household cavalry trousers
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
Household Cavalry Helmet O.R.
A selection of assorted used houshold cavalry mess dress trousers with the red seam lines
£49 SOLD OUT
HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TUNICS
Lifeguards
Blues & Royals
Blues & Royals
Repromilitaria offers original used household cavalry uniforms of the Lifeguard with tunics in a number of different sizes.
Price £80
Blues & Royals
Blues & Royals
Blues & Royals
Blues & Royals Household cavalry original used tunics coming in a number of different sizes
Price £80