{"product_id":"french-shako-infantry-rifle-troop-of-the-royal-guard-model-of-september-23-1815-restoration","title":"FRENCH: SHAKO INFANTRY RIFLE TROOP OF THE ROYAL GUARD, MODEL OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1815, RESTORATION.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003eSHAKO INFANTRY RIFLE TROOP OF THE ROYAL GUARD, MODEL OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1815, RESTORATION.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eBlack felt shako. Height at the front of the shako 19 cm, height at the back 22 cm. (without a tightening buckle at the back as was the case under the First Empire). Crown in black waxed cow leather with a diameter of 24 cm and an outer edge folded over the top of the shako to a height of 3.6 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eBlack leather visor 6 cm wide at its centre, bordered by a brass rim folded over the outer edge. Interior lining in two parts with a leather headband sewn to a coarse canvas lining.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eTwo-part chinstraps: leather chinstrap covered with 16 cut and scalloped brass scales, length 20 cm (the first scale of the chinstrap on the right is posterior); brass round rosette embossed with the fleur-de-lis, diameter 4 cm. In the 1815 regulation, the initial chinstraps were a chain, which was replaced by the scale’s chinstraps around 1816-1818. Only missing cloth ties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eBrass front plate embossed with the large Arms of France placed on a background of crossed flags, height 11.8 cm, width 12 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eWhite silk cockade (in accordance with regulations), diameter 8.6 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eMissing pompon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eBraided cord with tassels made of bleached goat hair. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003eVery Good Condition $8500\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Burridge Military Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51239758299300,"sku":null,"price":8500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/1052\/0996\/files\/shako1_1c4ca6b6-f3ee-4d59-a9cc-60612a4dd7ea.jpg?v=1770776809","url":"https:\/\/www.jbma.com.au\/products\/french-shako-infantry-rifle-troop-of-the-royal-guard-model-of-september-23-1815-restoration","provider":"John Burridge Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}