Hungary, Kingdom. A Hussar Officer's Kommode Field Shako, c.1914 Archive measruing 38 mm x 32

measruing 38 mm x 32 mm

with original triangular ribbon

constructed of dark blue whipcord wool

85mm (w) x 36

After the final fall of Napoleon the following year

Hungary, Kingdom. A Hussar Officer's Kommode Field Shako, c.1914 Archive measruing 38 mm x 32A fine original example featuring leather skull covered in 'field grey' waxed black cloth, shako rosette made of lacquered wood, interior has been replaced with red silk lining and brown leather sweatband, gold embossed manufacturer label of Steiner Zsigmond, including period chinstrap, very fine. Source: Rare headwear from the early days of World War I Literature: M. Christian Ortner, Hermann Hinterstoisser: Die k. u. k. Armee im Ersten Weltkrieg