SHAKO HUNTER TROOP ON FOOT, model 1872, Third Republic. 27489
Shako in leather covered in dark blue cloth with a blue lacquered vent on each side and daffodil braid piping. Upper braid in daffodil wool, H 2 cm, cap in black patent leather, bourdalou in black patent leather, H 2.3 cm, metal cockade embossed with a radiant sun and tricolor lacquered, held to the frame by means of a button in smooth brass and a daffodil wool braid. Brass faceplate stamped and cut with a hunting horn. Rounded visor in strong black patent leather. Inner headdress made up of a black waxed sheepskin headband. Carcass marked in ink inside “.Ais GODILLOT / PARIS” and white paper label printed in blue “56 / ALEXIS GADILLOT PARIS”.
H at the front 11 cm, at the back 15.5 cm.
Green wool pompom.
France.
Third Republic.
Very good condition, missing the leather chin strap.
Reference :
27489