CHALOT & ASSOCIES
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1872 MODEL INFANTRY OFFICER’S SHAKO, the crown sheathed in b…
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105
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1872 MODEL INFANTRY OFFICER’S SHAKO, the crown sheathed in b…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
1872 MODEL INFANTRY OFFICER’S SHAKO, the crown sheathed in black cloth edged with gold ‘lizard-pattern’ braid, the crown top and brim in black patent leather, with metal ventilation holes on either side, a gilded bronze insignia depicting a flaming grenade, tricolour cockade, braiding held in place by a small smooth button, formerly gilded, surmounted by a gilded passementerie pompom, black patent leather chin straps, small round leather visor (wear beneath the visor), beige cloth inner lining, a fawn-coloured leather sweatband; the inside of the crown stencilled with ‘1874’; restoration to the back of the lizard-skin braid; a few blemishes, scuffs and missing patches on the black cloth; EM.
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About the sale
ANTIQUE WEAPONS & MILITARY SOUVENIRS – The Régis LAGARDE Collection – Act II
Auction location
Auction time
10/31/2026 at 1:30 PM
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