French Napoleonic Grenadier of the old guard officers bearskin cap

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Very fine full size museum quality reproduction bearskin of the Grenadier a’ Pied (the grumblers)

Bearskin made from the finest faux fur used in the very highest level of the fashion industry, 100% bear friendly. Indistinguishable from the real thing! We make all the component parts (except the front plate), hand stitched and embroidered (no computer program work, all hand and eye like the originals).

Front plate full turned on the edges and faced at the bottom of plate with black kid leather, on originals as the plate caused premature boldness amongst many guardsmen!

Top plate bomb worked with cotton on a field of red 100% pure felted wool. Cockade hand embroidered gold wire. Plume hand cut red cocks feather 2 meters hand tide on to wire stay. Gold wire cords 15 meters hand twisted and plated with front tassel and side small tassel to hold cords in place.

Internal leather socket for plume and cockade. Full leather sweatband, black internal cotton pull/adjustable band and red heavy calico lining. Frame made from heavy acrylic sheet.

Total height of skin 40cm at front when fur shaken out.

Plume length 34cm

Hat size 58cm

Weight 1.1 kg

STAND, POTHEAD NOT INCLUDED! 

Primary sources

Rene Chartrand’s Brassey’s, Napoleon’s Army, 1996

Brown,  Anatomy of Glory: Napoleons imperial guard, 2^ed 1962

Ugo Pericolt The Armies at Waterloo, 1971

Original in the National Army Museum Chelsea