COMMANDER'S SHAKO OF THE NATIONAL GUARD VOLTIGEURS, model 1837, July Monarchy. 27717
Made of cardboard covered with silk fabric, height 20 cm, topped with a 4 cm silver lizard braid and a black velvet boudou in the lower part, height 3 cm. Black varnished leather top, diameter 19 cm. Black varnished leather visor with green waxed underside, width 5.5 cm. Stamped metallic cockade depicting a radiant tricolor sun, diameter 6.4 cm. Silver-plated copper plate, height 12.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, model 1837, stamped with a Gallic rooster holding in its talons a globe at the center of which a horn with a grenade is struck, framed by an oak and laurel branch. Silver-plated copper jugulars: rosettes stamped with a horn with a grenade, leather chinstrap sheathed in black velvet entirely covered with a metal plate stamped with a series of scalloped scales. Double tricolor pompon. Black varnished basane interior liner, cut with seven wolf teeth. The inside of the top is waxed black.
France.
July Monarchy.
Very good condition, worn interior liner but complete.
Reference :
27717