Lot 317
Imperial Russian Display Headgear Lot
Opening: $50
Imperial Russian Display Headgear Lot
Includes a cossack papakha with diminutive orange and black oval cockade and brass Imperial Russian bicephalic eagle insignia. White crown has yellow lace trim, sides bounded in black fur; interior has black velvet band and wine red velvet crown and body lining. It is our assessment that this is more than likely a papakha made as a quality prop for a traditional cossack dance troupe rather than an original Imperial era item.
Second item is an early Soviet era peasant's soft visor cap, of khaki linen, displaying an original Imperial enlisted cockade on the front. Interior has an unmarked white cotton lining and a very 1930's Soviet faux leather sweatband. It is interesting as a period civilian hat, and functions well enough as a display analog for the Model 1907 furashka on a mannequin.
$100 - $200