Lot 7299
A czapka for reserve officers in the 3rd Uhlan Regiment No. 21 "Kaiser Wilhelm II, King of Prussia", circa 1910
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Black lacquered leather body (crazed, pressure marks, isolated abrasion and retouching). Front visor trim made of nickel silver. A silver-plated brass eight-rayed Star (abraded) screw-mounted at the front, appliquéd with a gilt reserve cross and Saxon coat of arms (crown cross missing). Convex, silver-plated chin-scales with leather underlay on plug rosettes with officer's cockade in Saxon shaped style. Officer's issue green and silver field insignia, the back in green velvet (front silver bullion fringe is loose on one side). Ochre-coloured leather sweatband (stained), ochre-coloured silk rep lining (stained, tears). Interior of leather body reinforced with a strip of galvanised sheet iron. Slightly damaged in places, signs of age and wear.Condition: II - III Questions about the lot?
