Austria-Hungary, Empire. An Infantry Officer’s Shako, With Storage Case United Republic of Embroidered shoulder patch

Embroidered shoulder patch

Instituted 1 April 1833 by Duke Wilhelm

three with handwritten messages

London Gazette 23 February 1918

The blade sites within a replaced silvered zink upper crossguard

Austria-Hungary, Empire. An Infantry Officer’s Shako, With Storage Case United Republic of Embroidered shoulder patch(Tschako fr Offizier der k. u. k. Infanterie, mit Etui). A very well preserved Austro Hungarian Infantry Officers shako, constructed of a sturdy vulcanfibre shell. The exterior of the side walls is fully lined with a smooth black doeskin wool. The upper half of the side walls is also lined with a wide gold bullion wire tresse, featuring an intricate textured design, trimmed with three narrow machine embroidered black bands. The bottom edge is