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Field or Fortress Artillery Men. 1865 to 1912 Sjako model 1865, almost identical to the Infantry model with the exception of the trimmings - crossed brass guns and crown, above which a copper lip with a red pompon, which is worn in large dress with horsehair tassel. On the shako the drooping plume of black horsehair. (worn with waves by NCOs) the regulatory plume was straight. Until 1895 all artillerymen wore the shako, but in that year the Talpa, a low fur hat with trimmings, was introduced for the Field Artillery. While the kepi was introduced in 1895 as a replacement for the shako, the fortress artillery did not continue to wear the armored fort artillery and torpedist corps until 1901. © copyright photo Michel van Grinsven
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