Original British Victorian Crimean War Era 16th Queen's Lancers Other Ranks Chapka Helmet

Original Item: Only One Available. One of the most romantic style helmets ever issued in the British military was the CHAPKA, which was used exclusively by mounted lancer regiments. The Czapka, also spelt chapka or schapska, is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap. However, it is perhaps best known to English speakers as a word for the 19th-century Polish cavalry headgear, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front (full name in Polish: czapka rogatywka, initially: konfederatka) to which feathers or rosettes were sometimes added. The design originally began as a square-topped Tschako, but then evolved over time into the "mortarboard" style seen during the mid-late 19th century and early 20th century. This is a very nice British 19th Century Victorian Crimean War Era Other Ranks Helmet Chapka Lance Cap from the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) regiment. The leather body shows age and some crazing and deterior