Lot 680
A czapka for ensigns of the Westphalian Uhlan Regiment No. 5, circa 1910
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A104m | Live auction | 875 Lots
Description
Private purchase piece. Leather body lacquered in black (somewhat warped, craquelures and small flaws in the lacquer) with white and yellow metal fittings. Finely embossed eagle emblem of silver-plated nickel silver screw-mounted at the forehead. Domed leather-backed brass chinscales (traces of gold-plating) on rosette pins, on the right the royal cockade for officers of lacquered sheet iron, officer’s field insignia of silver bullion fringe and black velvet. White parade cover and lanyard of white cloth (thread wrapping partly rubbed off). Smooth lining of beige silk rep, ochre-coloured leather sweatband, inside the body old size indication "58". Comes with a parade bush of white buffalo hair with nickel silver socket. The toggle on top is missing. Slightly damaged in places, traces of age.Condition: II - III Questions about the lot?
