Model 1886 infantry colonel's full-dress kepi. Black cloth headband, madder cloth turban. Gilded braces. Hungarian knot, adorned with four aerators. Varnished visor. Gilded brass pomegranate motif and tricolor embroidered cockade. Purple leather and satinette inner cap with mark of Courtaud, 20th Dragons tailor. A.B.E. (wear to cap). Third Republic.