Czapska (Shapska) of the 8th regiment of Polish Lancers model 1812. Leather bomb and visor edged with brass. Flag and imperial covered with green cloth glued and sewn (later), brass imperial hooves. White piping and braid and black velvet (later). Radiating copper plate with steel "N" motif under crown (later glued N). Later copper bosses (fancy). Cocarde, racket cord with tassels (late 19th century). Byzantine cross (later). Brass curb chain with rings (not sheathed). Inner leather and unbleached cloth cap with lace. Partly 1st Empire period model, very much restored and embellished with antique elements but later than the model. Provenance : Vaissier Collection. Formerly on loan to the Musée de l'Empéri in Salon de Provence. (certainly restored later