Lot 6598
A Bavarian Uhlan´s czapka M 1873/1886 for enlisted men
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Body of black leather and crimson ribbed cloth, screwed to the front (nuts missing) the Bavarian lion emblem of embossed non-ferrous metal (crown cross missing). Nickel-silver chinscales with leather underlay on screw-mounted lion heads. Front visor trimmed with a nickel silver rail. Lidded of black leather with screw-mounted lion head (without hook). Inserted at top a white horsehair plume with lacquered sheet metal cockade. Good dark brown leather flap lining, body lined on the inside with natural-coloured linen cloth. Still visible inside the front visor an old handwritten year “1884”. In a matching helmet case with strapping and old paper labels (“Freiherr von Lotzbeck” and “Munich 23”). Partially slightly damaged, signs of wear and age. Very rare in this edition. Possibly from the family of the Olympic gold medallist in dressage and Reichswehr major Eugen Freiherr von Lotzbeck (1882–1942).Condition: II Questions about the lot?
