Shako of the Light Infantry Regiment, model 1812, First Empire.

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Shako of the Light Infantry Regiment, model 1812, First Empire.

Black felt. Leather bourdalou (height : 2 cm) with fitting back buckle.
Black oiled leather cap (diameter : about 23.5 cm). Black leather peak (width : 5.5 cm). Interior headband made of leather and canvas. Chin scales : leather chin straps covered with 15 iron scales (length : 20.5 cm) on each side. Circular iron side bosses stamped with a horn (diameter : 4 cm).

Iron plate stamped with an imperial eagle holding in its claws Jupiter’s thunderbolt set on a base decorated with a horn with number 1 cut out. The tips of the base are decorated with a lion’s head (Height : 13.5 cm ; width : 11.7 cm). Three-coloured leather painted cockade (diameter : 6.2 cm). Green woollen pompom. Total height without pompom : 23 cm.

Very good condition.

Monsieur Saint-Aubin former collection sold in 1936.

The 1st Infantry Regiment took part in the following Napoleonic battles : 1805-1810 Caldiero, Sacile, Wagram, 1810-1812 Miranda, battle of the Arapiles, 1813 defence of San Sebastian, Lützen, Bötzen, Dresden, Leipzig, 1814 Brienne, Sézanne, Montmirail, Vauchamps, Laon, Paris, 1815 Les Quatre-Bras and Waterloo.

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