Null Chapeau-bicorne de Suisse, black taupe felt edged with silver passementerie…
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Chapeau-bicorne de Suisse, black taupe felt edged with silver passementerie braid, tricolor cockade and six-twisted silver ganse held by a checkerboard-stamped button, pleated satin inner cap and black leather sweatband, wear, worn/insulated headdress, France late 19th/early 20th century. The Swiss was a church employee responsible for maintaining order during religious ceremonies; the function disappeared in the immediate post-war period.

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Chapeau-bicorne de Suisse, black taupe felt edged with silver passementerie braid, tricolor cockade and six-twisted silver ganse held by a checkerboard-stamped button, pleated satin inner cap and black leather sweatband, wear, worn/insulated headdress, France late 19th/early 20th century. The Swiss was a church employee responsible for maintaining order during religious ceremonies; the function disappeared in the immediate post-war period.

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