Line infantry doctor's kepi. Black cloth headband embroidered with oak leaf and laurel caduceus in gold trimmings. Junction of headband and turban embroidered with canetille and gilded silver sequins. Scarlet cloth turban with flat braids and Hungarian knot. Leather visor. False chinstrap in gilded trimmings. Half-spherical caduceus buttons. Brown leather headband. Pink silk headpiece. Headdress base marked in gold by the hatmaker "PEISSON" in Philippeville. B.E. Late Second Empire-Early Third Republic. Provenance: Souvenirs of the "AP" military doctor