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A Shako of the Highland Light Infantry
Officer's pattern, possibly for an auxiliary battalion, of rifle-green cloth with diced band, black patent leather peak and black plaited cord festoon secured by small blackened Garter Stars, black cord boss bearing a brass (possibly originally gilt) Thistle device, above bi-metal regimental plate of moderate quality with blank battle-honour scrolls, dark-green pompom (lacking its metal socket), and a set of black cord cap-lines
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Officer's pattern, possibly for an auxiliary battalion, of rifle-green cloth with diced band, black patent leather peak and black plaited cord festoon secured by small blackened Garter Stars, black cord boss bearing a brass (possibly originally gilt) Thistle device, above bi-metal regimental plate of moderate quality with blank battle-honour scrolls, dark-green pompom (lacking its metal socket), and a set of black cord cap-lines
See illustration