Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Shako British Swagger Stick In the summer of 1942

In the summer of 1942

few newly produced weapons were required

escort prisoners and maintain order outside the actual areas of combat

They have become hard to find on the market

Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Shako British Swagger Stick In the summer of 1942Original Item: Only One Available. A nice example of a French Third Republic infantry shako. The French Third Republic was the system of government adopted in France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 after France's defeat by Germany in World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government in France. The cardboard body displays a thin covering of black wool, with a red worsted wool