Arms, Armour and Militaria

An Imperial Austrian officer’s tschapka of the 6th.Uhlans, black patent leather skull and peak, red cloth sides and mortarboard crossed with gold bullion cord, silver lace headband with thin blue stripe, gilt plate in the form of double-headed Austrian eagle, shield to chest with enamelled numeral 6, lions head ear bosses, gilt chains, chinscales in the form of gilt acanthus leaves backed with velvet, complete with red horse-hair plume, with gilt bullion boss with FJI cypher, skull a little out of shape and minor damage £550-600