French Second Empire, Officers Private Purchase Shako, "Afrique"
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $425.00

Original era manufacture. From our own collection, is this private purchase officers rigid body kepi, or shako, in red wool with a blue wool band.White cloth rank piping for a second lieutenant, with a decorative quatrefoil on the crown. Bound black leather visor with a green covered underside, wide black leather sweatband, with a black oilcloth covered interior.The shako measures 4.75 inches in height at the front, and at the rear, 6 inches. The body is not crushed or broken, and no moth damage to mention. I ran out of room in a display cabinet during a recent re-model of the collecting room, something had to go.