France, Second Empire. A Bicorne Hat of General’s Great Dress, by E. Bidal, Paris, c.1860 certificate_of_authenticity suspended from dual loops using

suspended from dual loops using its period original tri-fold ribbon

as the terrain behind Aachen was generally flat

he was also present at the capture of Iloilo and Paney and in various other skirmishes

Soldbuch contain his uniform photo (interestingly

France, Second Empire. A Bicorne Hat of General’s Great Dress, by E. Bidal, Paris, c.1860 certificate_of_authenticity suspended from dual loops usingA full dress model of the 1852 regulation of General Great Dress, in black felt (Flemish style), bordered by a wide golden braid known as the generals edge with a scalloped crested edge, bearing branches and fruit in the weaving, an ostrich feather is sewn into each exterior edge along the top of the bicorne, a braid of three matte gold twists arcs along the right side doubling around the General Officers button, overlapping a tri colour cockade, the