Original British Victorian Era Lieutenant Colonel’s Shabraque Horse Blanket with Gorgeous Bullion Rank Insignia Blunderbuss Overall the liner and chin

Overall the liner and chin strap are in rather delicate condition

known as Hill 108 but nicknamed "Purple Heart Hill" as they were surrounded on three sides

It has a short smooth bore barrel of only 3 1/2 inches in length

This armband is more or less identical to the standard armband of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

Original British Victorian Era Lieutenant Colonel’s Shabraque Horse Blanket with Gorgeous Bullion Rank Insignia Blunderbuss Overall the liner and chinOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a gorgeous Victorian Era Shabraque, or Horse Blanket, for a Lieutenant Colonel, as denoted by the crown & pip. The shabraque is completely correct for the period, but is not maker marked. The Shabraque, like that of the heavy cavalry, was to be of authorised regimental patterns and not be re introduced into regiments which had discontinued it or may discontinue it. This was obviously an early attempt, in this