Thanks for sharing, Kevin. A very handsome piece!
Cheers, John
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Originally Posted by 41st
This is a recent pick up. I knew it didn’t fit with the standard pattern Shakos of either 1847 & 1857 but did have a suspicion that it might be associated to the band. I took the plunge and was glad I did.
Speaking with Jonathan (Brookies) he reminded me that there might be something in Carmen. Low and behold:-
“A most unusual Shako exists having an all red cloth body and a light blue bag hanging from the right side. It bears the white metal plate with the Prince of Wales’ feathers and ‘Castlemartin Yeomanry’. It is suggested that this was a trial pattern for the bandsmen and not necessarily adopted”.
I think we can remove the doubt as to whether or not it was adopted as this is a named Officer’s example. I think Carmen had seen an ORs example as the body of this Shako is leather.
I’ll be adding more info and photos later this evening.
Photos 1 & 2 before and after cleaning.
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