France, 2nd Republic (1848-1852). - Lot 97

France, 2nd Republic (1848-1852). Shako d'Officier modèle 1848 de la Garde Nationale bearing a hatmaker's mark "LEJEUNE & Cie". Truncated cardboard shaft covered with black taupe felt, black patent leather cap, trimmed at the top with a flat braid of silver lézarde passementerie and a black velvet bourdalou at the bottom. Stamped silver-plated copper plate with Gallic cockerel on a globe, with bundle of flags and lictor and handshake. Scalloped metal tricolor cockade. Silver-plated copper chinstraps embossed with a decreasing series of scalloped scales and lined with black velvet, held at the shaft by rosettes embossed with a flaming grenade. Flat black patent leather visor, green waxed underside. The inner cap consists of a black leather sweatband and a black canvas muff. A printed paper label bearing the milliner's mark "LEJEUNE & Cie" is present on the inside rim of the barrel. It is fitted with a double tricolor blue-white-red wool pompom. Worn. In its original condition, never before seen in a collection (minor wear and tear, the flag tips on the front plate damaged, the rosette securing the chinstrap on the left side removed and restored (repainted), otherwise in good condition).