ARTILLERY TROOP SHAKO, model 1872, Third Republic. 27794
Body in leather covered with dark blue cloth, height at the front 11 cm, 15 cm at the back, bordered at the top with a scarlet "cul de dé" braid and at the bottom with a black varnished leather chinstrap. Black varnished leather top. Round black varnished leather visor. Sides of the body partially adorned with a black lacquered metal ventilator at the top and a scarlet braid with a dark blue stripe sewn in a V shape. Tricolor painted metal cockade. Front plate in brass cut and stamped with two cannons surmounted by a flaming bomb. Interior band in black varnished leather. Frame marked in black ink "GODILLOT PARIS". Black leather chin strap with black lacquered metal buckle. Plume falling in scarlet horsehair with a braided scarlet wool pompom.
France.
Third Republic.
Good condition.
Reference :
27794