A Prussian Reserve Officer Line Jäger Battalion Shako, 1899 Model Auction Reader had previously served with

Reader had previously served with the Royal West Kent Regiment in the South African Campaign (Second Boer War)

box is in Fine condition

written the day he left with the 2nd Division Supply Column for France

9mm (wing tip to wing tip)

18 mm x 69

A Prussian Reserve Officer Line Jäger Battalion Shako, 1899 Model Auction Reader had previously served withThis sturdy framed shako has a black felt exterior, with a leather circular top, straight front and domed back with protruding neck guard. The front is adorned with a two piece Regiment of the Line insignia, consisting of a fire gilt Prussian eagle bearing the letters "FR" on its breast, with a silver Reserve Cross mounted between its feet. Immediately above the shako plate is an oval cockade in silvered copper wire, with a black velvet centre and