Original French Second Empire Enlisted Infantry Shako - Circa 1860 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage 760 grams of explosives contained

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Original French Second Empire Enlisted Infantry Shako - Circa 1860 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage 760 grams of explosives containedOriginal Item: Only One Available. A nice example of a Second French Empire (Napoleon III 1852 1870) enlisted infantry shako, perhaps around the time of the Crimean War, or war with Italy in 1860. The cardboard body displays a thin covering of black fur, with a yellowish worsted wool band at the top, and a black painted rigid top. There is a black thin leather panel to the reverse, black pressed leather visor and original cockade to the front of the