COIFFURES. Shako model 1860 "boite à cirage" of officer of the 8th regiment of infantry in blackened leather with side "V" chevrons and square visor with snap ring, brass plate with crowned eagle, metallic tricolour cockade, white horsehair plume, inner cap gilded with small irons, lining of the cap in blue silk marked by a manufacturer in Paris. Second Empire period. Wear from use. ABE