A Prussian Reserve Officer Line Jäger Battalion Shako, 1899 Model Auction Archive marked "WILM" on the ring

marked "WILM" on the ring

enemy tracks

near Skipton-on-Stour

when Allied forces defeated Napoleon

1922 and was transferred to the Corps Reserve in Moncton

A Prussian Reserve Officer Line Jäger Battalion Shako, 1899 Model Auction Archive marked "WILM" on the ringThis sturdy framed shako has a black felt exterior, with a leather circular top, straight front and domed back with protruding neck guard. The front is adorned with a two piece Regiment of the Line insignia, consisting of a fire gilt Prussian eagle bearing the letters "FR" on its breast, with a silver Reserve Cross mounted between its feet. Immediately above the shako plate is an oval cockade in silvered copper wire, with a black velvet centre and