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shako [ˈʃeɪkəʊ, Am -koʊ] N FASHION

shako

Tschako m

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The orders instructed all men to wear shoes or sandals and to properly tie their shako chin-straps. en.wikipedia.org

He wears an officer's maroon sash and feather plume in his shako. en.wikipedia.org

This helmet led to the retirement of the shako headdress. en.wikipedia.org

Some units added pompons to the shako as well as plumes. en.wikipedia.org

Cavalry normally wore shakos or plumed helmets, reserving red kepis with light or dark blue bands for wear in barracks. en.wikipedia.org

While the full dress of the rest of regiment required the wearing of a black bearskin shako, the kettle drummers wore white bearskins. en.wikipedia.org

Until 1806, they were equipped with a cylindrical shako with a large dark green plume and decorated with white cords. en.wikipedia.org

Replacing in most instances the light bicorne, the shako was initially considered an improvement. en.wikipedia.org

Their shako badge was of the same design as that for other ranks, but was of silver. en.wikipedia.org

Essentially, the forage cap, described by some troops as shapeless as a feedbag, was a less-expensive and more comfortable version of the earlier shako with the stiffening removed. en.wikipedia.org

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