Bavarian 2nd Uhlan Regiment "Private Purchase" Tschapka - To Parade

Bavarian 2nd Uhlan Regiments NCO/Officer Model 1897. Beautiful black lacquered leather helmet with silver trim. Helmet body has excellent form and firm stitching. Elegant and slender wrapped leather base to mortar board top. Exterior lacquer finish is excellent with only a few spots of slight crazing (see pictures). Stitching is tight. Interior of front visor lined with green "basane". Name of wearer scratched into that lining but difficult to make out. Interior has sweat leather and silk headliner in excellent condition, silk only slighlty dirty. Mortar board in perfect shape.

No extra holes in helmet body. Finely silvered Bavarian frontplate with the "in Treue Fest" bandeau. Original NCO type Rabatte that fits it like a glove with the bavarian colors. Comes also with the rare NCO type parade plume "Blue outside and White" horsehair. Rounded silver chinscales on rosettes. Single officers Reichs cockade. Complete with Officer bullion field badge and the unique NCO type Fangschnur in Bavarian colors. Everything in excellent condition. A beautiful Uhlan helmet ensemble that is seldom seen in today's marketplace.

Ref: DC33