Helmet plate, 26th Infantry Regiment, Russian Army, 1855 (c)

Full-dress for Russian infantry during the Crimean War (1854-1856) entailed wearing the tall pickelhaube-style leather helmet, although most Russian soldiers in the Crimea wore the soft fatigue cap instead. The brass helmet plate, with the Russian double-headed eagle perched on an Amazon shield and two decorative curls to each side, was common to all infantry regiments; only the regimental number, which in the case of officers was picked out in silver, was subject to change.