STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

Photo 3 : STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

Photo 4 : STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

Photo 5 : STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

Photo 6 : STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

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STAFF OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 3rd REGIMENT OF THE VOLTIGEURS OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, model 1860, Second Empire. 28165

Body of the shako entirely sheathed in small blackened, grained and varnished cowhide, including the cap diameter 12 cm, it is in the shape of a truncated oblique cone, H at the front 12 cm, H on the sides 13.5 cm, H at the back with the curvature 19 cm. Braid at the top of the shako, bourdalou and the two bands forming an inverted V on each side, in black patent leather. Square visor in black patent leather with green waxed underside, width 4 cm. Tricolor metal cockade (white is silver), diameter 5 cm. Gilt brass plaque stamped in relief with the imperial eagle holding in its claws a bomb cut out with the number “3” with sparkling Jupiter spindle; H 12.5 cm. Inner headdress composed of a band of black waxed leather bordered with a golden net in the upper part, and sheathed in iron-gilded scarlet silk under the cap "BROUEAU Boulevard de Sébastopol 170 PARIS".
Daffodil rooster feather plume with white top mounted on a rib reinforced with a metal rod, with golden brass tulip pompom, H 7 cm. Apparent height of feathers 17 cm, total height 29 cm.

France.
Second Empire.
Good condition, small deformation at the top of the shako, slight loss of 4 mm at the base of the leather braid at the top on one side, headdress worn and discolored.

Reference : 28165

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