KEPI OF A SECOND LIEUTENANT OF THE 3rd HUSSARDS, Second Empire, circa 1868. 27505
Headdress in scarlet cloth with silver braids, headband in Argentine gray cloth garnished at the front with a large Hungarian knot in silver braid. Square-shaped black waxed leather visor, brown waxed inside, a black waxed leather band is folded astride the outer edge and sewn. False chinstrap in silver braid with half-sterical buttons in silver metal.
Inner headdress in scarlet silk, headband in ocher leather.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition, rewrapped, soutaches changed, interior cap remade later.
Reference :
27505