Victorian Gloucestershire Militia Officer’s Shako

Victorian Gloucestershire Militia Officer’s Shako 1869-78, good example of a blue cloth bodied shako with white metal officers generic shako plate which retains a good patina. Silver brocade wire to the body of the shako. Silvered rosette side bosses and lion head boss to the rear. Plain silvered plume socket with red woollen ball tuft plume. Velvet backed linked white metal chinstrap. Interior with tan leather sweatband and quilted crimson cloth lining. Some shredding to the lining but otherwise a good example age wear complete with transit tin note leather cover stuck inside. This shako was from a good Gloucestershire house