AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. : Shako KUK (kaiserlich und königlich) of senior infantry officer in strong cardboard covered with black cloth, leather cap and visor, the latter embroidered with a wide gold band, the bourdalou adorned with a wide triple gold braid, false chinstrap, double-headed eagle plate in gilded brass, feldzeichen in cannetille with the figure of Emperor Franz Joseph, inner cap in brown striped leather and silk embroidered with the logo of the manufacturer "Frantz Thill Neffe, Wien", with its shako cover in waxed canvas. About 1900-1910 (Franz Joseph I). BE

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