SHAKO PLATE TROOP OF VOLTIGEURS OF THE 4TH LINE INFANTRY REGIMENT, type regulated in 1810, First Empire. 27676
Gilded stamped copper plaque representing the imperial eagle with outstretched wings, crowned, holding the spindle of Jupiter in its claws. In the lower part, a shield framed by a vertically beaded striped rod framed by two protruding moldings, center with a smooth bottom stamped in relief with a round-shaped molding ending at the top with two petals winding on themselves (on the drawing of infantry buttons) with in the center a hunting horn containing the number “4”. On either side of the base, two lion heads face each other with oak and laurel branches below.
H 12 cm, width 12.3 cm.
France.
First Empire.
Good state of conservation, excavation piece.
Reference :
27676