Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Artillery Shako with Pomme & Museum Tag Japanese Army but no real serious rust

but no real serious rust

This cotton flag measures 27 x 33” and is a three-piece construction

and some that definitely had a lot of service wear

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Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Artillery Shako with Pomme & Museum Tag Japanese Army but no real serious rustOriginal Item: Only One Available. A nice example of a French Third Republic military shako, circa 1880. The cardboard body displays a thin covering of black wool, with a yellow worsted wool band at the top, and a black painted rigid top. There is a black thin leather strap around the base, black pressed oil cloth visor and original brass flaming bomb crossed cannon plate with cockade to the front of the shako. The original woolen Plume (or Pomme)