Original French Second Empire Model 1860 Enlisted Leather Shako Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets From then until mid-January 1946

From then until mid-January 1946

and has faded cartouches on BOTH sides

resulted in Lt James Swett's Medal of Honor action

which is read as NOSHU SEKI JU HATTORI MASAHIRO SAKU

Original French Second Empire Model 1860 Enlisted Leather Shako Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets From then until mid-January 1946Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a French Second Empire Model 1860 military shako, circa 1865. The body is constructed almost entirely of leather, and this is definitely for an enlisted soldier, and not an officer. The exterior is all black, with the correct 9 hole vents on either side. The front of the helmet has a French Crowned Imperial Eagle plate over the correct Tri Color Cockade. The plume pom pom is