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The Rifle Brigade a very scarce officer’s full dress astrakhan and cloth ‘busby’ c1874-1878, complete with frontal boss bearing a bronzed QVC and coiled bugle horn below, sewn in cord cap lines with bronze Garter star side supports, lion’s mask cap line ornament to the reverse, bronzed rifles pattern chin chain with velvet lining, bronzed rose side ornaments, leather sweatband and quilted black silk inner lining, no plume or plume holder, the body has slight ‘softening’ but retains excellent shape and overall is in very good condition £300-400
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