An Extremely Rare 1845 Montreal Dragoons Officer's Shako Archive Hamburg 24)

Hamburg 24)

170 mm x 245 mm x 10

Close Combat Clasp - in zinc

17th August 1901

numbered "19120" on the buttonhole attachment

An Extremely Rare 1845 Montreal Dragoons Officer's Shako Archive Hamburg 24)This shako is in the pattern, as described in the 1846 Dress Regulations. The exterior sidewalls are in black beaver, bound with a 44 mm band of gold oak leaf lace along the top edge and a 20 mm wide black patent leather band housing a brass buckle at the reverse along the bottom edge. The flat patent leather sunk top measures 85 mm wide x 200 mm in depth, and exhibits light crazing. The front is adorned with an extremely large gilt and silver shako