Shako
Category
Costume
Date
1914
Materials
Metal, Textile
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Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1176019
Summary
A shako of an Ensign or Sergeant Major of the KuK Hussar Regiment No.9, Austro-Hungary c.1914. A cream wool hat with a black oil cloth peak, head band and crown. At the front is a crest with the number 9 on it. It has a black hair plume at the front and a yellow cord. Makers label - Josef Zimbler, Uniformer 8, Uniformausrustungsorten, Fabrik Wein VII/2 Burgasse 33.
Provenance
collection of Col E.P.Ryan (see PLN/RYAN/B/34)