Shako Of Horse Hunter Officer, Model 1874, Third Republic. 27994

HORSE HUNTER OFFICER'S SHAKO, model 1874, Third Republic. 27994 In cardboard covered with sky blue cloth, bordered on the upper part with a 2.8 cm high braid, woven with Hungarian stitch called “lizard braid” in silver trimmings; bourdalou in black patent leather; hunting horn, symbol of the weapon, in gilded brass, H 3 cm, width 5 cm. Tinplate cockade embossed with a radiant sun, tricolor lacquered, on which is fixed a double-strand square braid in silver trimmings held by a smooth gold half-spherical button. On the sides, tombac copper vents painted in the color of the bottom sheet. Chin strap with gold brass curb chain lined with black velvet; on the sides and back of the hairstyle, at the level of the braid and the bourdalous, three lion heads in gold metal help to hold the chin strap; round visor, black patent leather top surrounded by a gold-plated brass band folded astride the outer edge, width of the visor 5 cm; under visor in brown waxed leather. Inner headdress in iron-gilded brown sheepskin cut into six wolf teeth, inside headdress in sky blue silk. Spherical pompom in silver trimmings with small cord for junior officers. France. Third Republic. Good condition, a few moth holes in the sheet, oxidation from use on the trimmings and the pompom, worn interior cover.