BOLOERO AND VEST OF PAPAL ZOUAVES (KEPI, BOLERO, VEST, SAROUEL), Second Empire. 29489R
BOLERO
Made of light gray wool with scarlet trimmings and piping. It fastens at the front with a metal hook at the top. The back of the sleeves fastens with twelve buttonholes adorned with small brass jingle buttons (diameter 7 mm). The bolero is edged with a scarlet woven braid. The inner lining is beige canvas with the stamp of the battalion "BZP" in ink, dated to the first quarter of 1870 "1.70."
VEST
Made of the same wool as the bolero and similarly trimmed with braid. The back part is in dark beige canvas, just like the lining. It fastens on the right side with three belt loops that serve as buttonholes, with horn buttons, and two on the shoulder.
France.
Second Empire.
In good condition despite signs of wear and minor losses to the trims.
Reference :
29489R