France, Third Republic (1870-1940). - Lot 142

France, Third Republic (1870-1940). Model 1872 artillery officer's shako. Cardboard shaft sheathed in black cloth, trimmed at the top with gold lzarded braid, with gold V-shaped flat braid with black piping in the center on each side. Black lacquered metal vents. Bourdalou and cap in black patent leather. Tricolor scalloped metal cockade. Gold-stamped brass front badge with crossed barrels surmounted by a flaming grenade. Round visor in patent black leather edged with a black leather trim, the underside in black waxed basane. Sky-blue silk inner cap (the part covering the circumference of the shaft is missing) and sweatband in gilded black waxed leather. Chin strap missing. It is fitted with an oxidized gold passementerie pompom. Worn. (Wear and tear, slight deformations on the shaft, small holes on the shaft at the edge of the V-sewn braid on the left side. As is).