Ceremonial Bicorn Hat Of A Swiss Guard Of The Church.

Ceremonial Bicorn Hat of a Swiss Guard.
Full dress bicorn hat in black felt, adorned with a tricolor passementerie cockade, covered with a six-strand gold wire braid, secured by a gold button with a checkerboard pattern. The pleated interior is lined in black satin, the background of which is gilt-stamped with the manufacturer's name "Lefrançois Chapellerie De Luxe Le Havre".
Includes its white rooster feather plume and carrying case.
France, late 19th or early 20th century. Good condition. Note: the interior sweatband is missing. See photos.

- The Swiss Guard was a church employee responsible for maintaining order during religious ceremonies. The position disappeared in the 1950s.

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