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    Can anyone help identify this Napoleonic Shako ?


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    Hi Colin,

    I am interesting to know your reasoning on this statement.

    My guess being as follows.

    The design is similiar to allied shako plates of the period,see British waterloo shako plates. The eagle holds a sword and some type of rod??? the only design of this i was able to locate was found on a military dispatch box dated 1721 Austrian...

    all the best

    steve

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    You said shako so I was focusing on them. Did an Austrian eage image search on Google to it looks like a Hapsburg eagle. But in the Nap wars, neither the German nor Hungarian infantry had such a plate.

    Colin

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    Hi,

    In the first instance,i have been trying to establish when the eagle was used without an escutcheon, and with sword and sceptre , i have located images which relate to Holy Roman Empire 962-1806 (Germany) during this time this design of eagle in this form was used.

    seems i have been barking up the wrong tree !!! and the military dispatch box dated 1721 was not austrian rather Germany pre 1806.

    It seems logical then that my badge pre dates 1806.

    This would be logical as this design of hat plate matches other shape designs of that period see British Waterloo Shako plates used up to 1816.

    So German pre 1806 ???????

    Can anyone else add some more input on this subject ??

    Thanks All the best

    Steve

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