Lot 5413

Description

Imperial Germany, Prussian East Asian Expeditionary Corps Officers model 1860 shako, a good representative composite parts example, original leather body and peaks repainted in a high gloss black, enlisted ranks brass helmet plate, an old reproduction officer pattern cloth national cockade on the top, original brass chin scales, reproduction enlisted ranks state cockade to left side and an officers national cockade to the right, original leather officer style liner and silk lining possibly added at a later date, leather with heavy stain and some deterioration around the outer edge, silk lining damaged and frayed, interior marked with original depot ink stamps and date 1879. Very fine.