Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

United States Army General Officer’s Chapeau Bras, bicorne shape in black beaver ornamented with gold fringes at both ends, a broad gold band of lace upon a black cockade bearing the gilt metal eagle and button of the US Army and an inserted black egret feather plume, stated to have been eliminated in the 1851 Dress Regulations but re-authorised in 1859, now contained in a wooden, glazed frame, the hat severely worn around the bottom edge £340-£400