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1957.70.1

ID Number: 1957.70.1
Category: Personal Artifacts
Sub-category: clothing - headwear
Item Type: shako
Item Name: plate
Materials: METAL, BRASS
Measurements: overall: 5 3/4 in x 4 in
Description: shako plate; Universal Infantry Pattern; four holes, one at each corner for attachment; crown atop; "GR" in centre encircled by "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE"; flags, rifle and horn ornamentation, crowned lion on bottom
History: the word "shako" comes from the Hungarian word for stiff military cap with a high crown and plume. This brass plate was worn on the front of the British Shako. Worn with "stovepipe shako", 1800-1812.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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British / Britannique subject

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