Auction: 6017 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 86
An Officer´s Shako of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry An extremely fine Albert-style black beaver cap, with sunk glazed leather top, black oakleaf lace band around upper edge, blackened white metal Crown above Maltese Cross, the centre bearing the Hart on a domed gilt ground, black cord cap-lines forming a plaited festoon in front, white metal chinscales, original pale leather internal headband and crimson silk lining; complete with its black drooping horsehair plume in a darkened white metal socket
See illustration
Estimate £ 1,500-2,000
Sold for
£3,400