French WWI Captains Kepi, 81st Regiment
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: $145.00

Original era manufacture. Nice quality hat with a dark black wool covered body, red wool crown,with three rows of gold wire rank trim and a thin gold wire brocade chinstrap. Bursting bomb pattern side buttons, with an embroidered number 81 on the front. Black silk lining with a faint makers mark in the crown. Mothing to the top of the hat near the center of the quatrefoil and one edge. Sound hat showing wear and use.