Light Artillery Cap. Civil War

Description

Light Artillery Cap.information regarding this Light Artillery Cap (shako) come from United States Army Headgear uniforms in the collections of the Smithsonian institution by Edgar M. Howell. There is a entire chapter about this headgear and it is impossible to tell it's making and decisions made about it by the Officer Major Sam Ringgold who fought to have it approved for wear by the Light Artillery units serving in the United States Light Artillery from 1857 to 1868. The cap you see in the pictures is the early 1854 model the only difference between it and the 1864 is the leather visor is much thicker. The cap came to me missing the hardware and tosses an cords. All the cotton wool blend materials used in restoration are actual and the only difference is these used date 1876 all brass hardware is actual and was selected through carefully exam photos. All originally cloth body some small holes Russian leather sweat band modern.  all  original very rare you won't find another this Shako is one of the first made in 1857. For more info ask I hate returns so if you need info ask. See book info on pictures.  Comes insurance anreg# w/a hard box container PS for all you know it all's the cross cannons are 1848 not 1876 the 1876 have the muzels with tampons the 1848 do not.the ones for the civil war do not  also if you look at photo 16 you will see the mounting trinons are totally different I'm a CW collector have been for 50 years the Shako for sale is the early type worn back in 1854 reissued in 1864 until stocks were exhausted then new 1864 models were issued thus being made with a thin visor and the then current CW cross cannons.