[MILITARIA]. Model 1832 U.S. Infantry Shako for enlisted soldier.
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[MILITARIA]. Model 1832 U.S. Infantry Shako for enlisted soldier.Â
Visor to crown 7 1/4 in. Model 1832 brown beaver felt shako with patent leather visor, lower band, and chinstrap (very minor scuffs, light mothing, small puncture to left of insignia); visible height 8 13/16 in. brass "bomb tulip" holder and white worsted wool plume (soiling, not removed from shako, tightly fitted in plume hole); wingspan width 3 in. variant Model 1821 die-struck eagle brass cap insignia; width 3 in. Model 1834 silvered die-struck brass infantry horn, ca. 1834-1850. Remnant of a paper label to interior, maker not legible. Provenance: Don Troiani collection (related by consignor, published, see below).
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Exceptionally rare, worn only for 20 years before a new model was introduced. This hat is illustrated in Langellier & Loan, U.S. Army Headgear, 1812-1872, p. 34; and Campbell and O'Donnell, American Military Headgear Insignia, p. 134.
The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Visor to crown 7 1/4 in. Model 1832 brown beaver felt shako with patent leather visor, lower band, and chinstrap (very minor scuffs, light mothing, small puncture to left of insignia); visible height 8 13/16 in. brass "bomb tulip" holder and white worsted wool plume (soiling, not removed from shako, tightly fitted in plume hole); wingspan width 3 in. variant Model 1821 die-struck eagle brass cap insignia; width 3 in. Model 1834 silvered die-struck brass infantry horn, ca. 1834-1850. Remnant of a paper label to interior, maker not legible. Provenance: Don Troiani collection (related by consignor, published, see below).
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Exceptionally rare, worn only for 20 years before a new model was introduced. This hat is illustrated in Langellier & Loan, U.S. Army Headgear, 1812-1872, p. 34; and Campbell and O'Donnell, American Military Headgear Insignia, p. 134.
The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[MILITARIA]. Model 1832 U.S. Infantry Shako for enlisted soldier.
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