Lot 7300
A Saxon czapka and a cover, circa 1900–1918
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Assembled from old and new parts. Black lacquered leather body (craquelures, pressure marks, isolated abrasion and retouching in black). Front visor trim in non-ferrous metal. An eight-rayed star of embossed non-ferrous metal with an appliquéd Saxon emblem of sheet iron, is attached to the front with new split pins. Convex, leather-backed chinscales (incomplete on the right) are attached via new split pins to rosettes featuring Saxon-style officer cockades. Ochre-coloured leather sweatband (stained, small holes), ochre-coloured silk rep lining (stained, tears), a new cardboard ring glued into the body as reinforcement. A new enlisted men's field badge inserted at the top. Accompanied by a winter camouflage cover of white linen, attached with three brass hooks to a body dummy, a Prussian officer's field insignia inserted at the top with a newly added backing in grey cloth. Partially damaged, signs of wear and age.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
