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VERY RARE CIRCA 1914 ERSATZ BAVARIAN SHAKO. IN COMPRESSED FELT WITH BRASS FITTINGS. TYPICAL OF THESE ERSATZ HEADDRESS, THE LEATHER LINER OF THIN LOW QUALITY LEATHER WHICH DOES NOT STAND THE TEST OF TIME, AND AS WITH THIS EXAMPLE, THE LEATHER QUITE PERISHED AS SHOWN. INSIDE WITH UNIT MARK TO A BAVARIAN MACHINE GUN UNIT. THE FELT SHELL GOOD AND SOLID AND HAS KEPT ITS SHAPE WELL WITH CHIN STRAP, SIDE COCKADE AND TOP COCKADE