Shako Of Staff Officer Of Infantry Voltigeurs, Model 1816, Restoration. 14471bis

SHAKO OF STAFF OFFICER OF INFANTRY VOLTIGEURS, model 1816, Restoration. 14471BIS Cardboard shaft covered with taupe velvet, H of the shaft at the front 22 cm, and 23 cm at the back. It is bordered at the top with a 3.5 cm high gold trimming braid woven in a dice shape and at the bottom with a 2.7 cm high black velvet bourdalou. Black patent leather cap, diameter 25.5 cm. Black patent leather visor waxed green on the inside with a gold brass reed, studded and folded astride the outer edge, width of the visor 6 cm. White metal cockade stamped in relief with a radiant sun, diameter 7 cm. Front plate in gilded brass embossed with an oval-shaped coat of arms stamped with three fleurs-de-lis surmounted by the royal crown, framed by two laurel branches. This shield is placed on a base in the shape of a shield with a sandblasted background, the center of which is struck with a hunting horn; the lower part of this shield is bordered with an oak branch and a laurel branch, the upper part of a pearl rod winding on itself at each end. H 14.3 cm, width 11 cm. Chinstraps each composed of a chin strap in leather covered with black velvet covered with a series of 12 gilded brass scales with the edge cut into four festoons. Round gilded brass rosette, diameter 3.9 cm, embossed with a fleur-de-lis on a sandblasted background surrounded by a protruding rod. Inner headdress in black patent leather composed of a headband cut into wolf teeth. Oval-shaped pompom (H 5.8 cm, width 5 cm) in wood covered with a golden cord. France. Restoration. Very good condition, slight flaking of the varnish on the cap, inner cap in poor condition, incomplete with part of its wolf teeth.