SHAKO FOR A FUSILIAR OFFICER OF THE 83rd LINE INFANTRY REGIMENT, model 1860, Second Empire. 26865

SHAKO FOR A FUSILIAR OFFICER OF THE 83rd LINE INFANTRY REGIMENT, model 1860, Second Empire. 26865

In black waxed leather, carcass reinforced at the top with a leather band (width 1.5 cm), an identical bourdalou (width 2.3 cm) and on each side with two leather strips (width 2 cm) V-sewn with a black lacquered metal vent at the top center. Visor in black waxed leather, green waxed interior, width 3.5 cm.
Gilded brass plaque embossed with the crowned imperial eagle, placed on a globe cut out with the number “83” with sparkling Jupiter spindle, H 11 cm, width 9.5 cm. Roundel in tricolor lacquered metal, diameter 5.3 cm.
Inner headdress in black sheepskin gilded with iron on its outer edge and scarlet silk with crown lined with scarlet waxed calfskin gilded with iron “Mel SPIQUEL / & Cie / Equipemens Militaires 164 Rue St Honore Paris”.
H of the shako at the front 12 cm, at the back 19 cm.
Green horsehair egret with gilded brass olive pompom in the shape of a tulip.

France.
Second Empire (1860-1870).
Very good condition, metal fittings having retained their gilding, cockade with peeling paint, interior headdress worn with torn silk part and missing.

HISTORY:
The 83rd line infantry regiment took part in the Franco-German war of 1870. It began fighting on August 30, 1870 at Raucourt, then on September 1 its 1st battalion defended the Sedan station. The battle lost, the regiment was sent captive to towns in northern Germany. Previously, its flag was able to be given to Mr. Mahulot, a former soldier living in Sedan, without being captured by the Germans.
On November 17, 1870, the battle of Torçay took place where a marching company of the 83rd RI which made up the 36th marching regiment was engaged.
On November 24, 1870, the 8th companies of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 83rd line infantry regiment which made up the 29th marching regiment were engaged in the battles of Chilleurs, Ladon, Boiscommun, Neuville-aux-Bois and Maizières in the Loiret .
On January 6, 1871, the marching company of the 83rd RI which made up the 36th marching regiment was engaged in the Gué-du-Loir affair.
At the conclusion of peace, the regiment was reformed at Clermont-Ferrand with the remnants of the 83rd and those of the 3rd regiment of voltigeurs of the ex-Garde.
The 83rd will be assigned to the successive garrisons of Marseille, Albi, Lyon, Saint-Gaudens and Toulouse. On July 14, 1880, the President of the Republic presented Colonel de Coulanges with his flag which bore the names of Genoa, Wagram, Moskowa, Lutzen. 1881: For the Tunisian campaign, the 3rd and 4th battalion enter Kef with the Logerot column. The country pacified, the 4th battalion returned to France. The 3rd remained there to put down episodic insurrections and did not return to France until 1886.