Original British Victorian Era 17th Lancers Other Ranks Chapka Helmet - Duke of Cambridge's Own Military Books & Documents The only other known surviving

The only other known surviving example of a model 2005-W field telephone is currently in a Russian museum and is also dated 1943

Offered in overall is in excellent condition

but further information (other than photographic evidence) on that is lacking at this time

The throat is retained by one screw on the back

while the Tri-Color cockade is metal with a felt insert

Original British Victorian Era 17th Lancers Other Ranks Chapka Helmet - Duke of Cambridge's Own Military Books & Documents The only other known survivingOriginal Item: Only One Available. One of the most romantic style helmets ever issued in the British military is this CHAPKA and was used exclusively by mounted lancers. The chapka, or lance cap, was an item of headdress originally worn by the legendary Polish Uhlan lancer regiments. British forces encountered Polish lancers wearing the Czapka Rogatywka (Horned Cap) in French service during the Napoleonic Wars. The British Army's lancer regiments,