scottish shako

[blueman]

can anyone date this please or more info,dont think badge ihttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2015/post-10499-0-11768900-1423680124.jpgs right

[paul kennedy]

The badge has a King's crown, so I'd agree that it doesn't belong on the shako.

[Mervyn Mitton]

Kev  -  a lot will depend on the interior and any markings.  If it is genuine then to buy the correct shako badge

should not be difficult.   Mervyn

[blueman]

hi mervyn  no markings too worn,but i think its right

[Mervyn Mitton]

In all honesty - not an impressive piece.   I think , if you wait, a better example will come along.    Mervyn

[peter monahan]

Not in great shape at all.  I would think that the very odd 'diamond' on the back, for want of a better term, would be diagnostic if you can track down an example in a book or museum for comparison.

 

Not sure how rare these are over there, but I'm also inclined to agree with Mervyn on waiting for a better example.

 

My tuppence worth.

Peter

[Jerry B]

The odd diamond is possibly where a set of tails was attached to it.  Not my area so I can't otherwise comment excpet agree that the badge is all wrong for this.

[jocktamson]

Its a piece of made up tat....its not in the style of an H.L.I. Shako, the badge is a post 1902 other ranks, the dicing has been cut from a glengarry and is red/white/blue, the H.L.I. is red/white/green, the black diamond at the back is where the two tails have been cut off, and you can even see where they have badly stitched the whole thing on...its then been sent to the blind school to have the lace stitched on at the top, where they havent even bothered putting the joint of the lace at the rear and stitched the joint on the side. All in all i would say pay someone to take it off your hands or use it as a tea cosy.