Die Sammlung Van Bosstraeten

| 101 4112 A busby for enlisted men in the 1st Life Hussar Regiment No. 1, dated 1915 The skull covered in black sealskin. The kolpak in ponceau red cloth (small moth holes). Silver-plated death’s head, the eyes and nose lined in black velvet, a silver-plated Vaterland banner. White cloth lanyard. Convex brass chinscales with leather underlay on rosettes attached to M 91 side post lugs, a Reich cockade in lacquered sheet metal on the right. A field insignia in white and black fabric inserted at the top. The black leather liner in fine condition, the manufacturer’s label “Robert Upleger Hutfabrik Danzig 1915” and size “55” stamped in the skull. Slightly damaged in places, signs of age. Very rarely found in this fantastic quality. 290462 II € 2.500