OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE ARTILLERY TRAIN, Second Empire. 29149
In black waxed leather, carcass reinforced at the top with a leather band (width 1.5 cm), an identical bourdalou (width 2.5 cm) and on each side with two leather strips (width 1.8 cm) sewn in a V with a black lacquered metal vent at the top center. Visor in black waxed leather (green waxed interior). At the top at the back, black lacquered iron hook for holding the racket cord.
Front plate in silver-plated brass stamped in relief and cut in the shape of two crossed cannons surmounted by a bursting bomb. H 9 cm, width 10.2 cm. Tricolor painted metal cockade (diameter 5 cm). Inner headdress composed of a black leather band gilded with two irons, topped with an orange silk headdress.
Height of the shako at the front 12 cm, at the back 18.5 cm.
Spherical pompom in golden cannetille threads.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good state.
Reference :
29149