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I made a frame out of felt as shown in the drawings and soaked it in shellac so that it would become hard and not lose its felt structure. Unfortunately, I didn't take a photo of this moment, since I didn't plan to make a thread about restoration. Here in the photo is the already assembled part...

Thank you very much. So, let's continue. The most important thing is that I completely disassembled the shako, or rather, what was left of it. I took measurements and made patterns so that I could later make a frame out of felt.

A drawing of how RIA shakos were sewn. The drawing was made by the renowned restorer of the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg, Viktor Malyshev, for which we are extremely grateful. He has made dozens of drawings of many headdresses from different countries.

It was decided to restore the shako of the Life Guards Sapper Battalion

This shako once looked like this

Hello. A friend of mine bought this shako, or rather what's left of it. He asked me to try to restore it. I agreed. It's a rare item; only a few of them have survived, so it certainly can't get any worse.

recent acquisition for the collection. Russian helmet of a cavalry guard. helmet of a volunteer most likel

Sorry friends that I did not answer in the topic. There was no opportunity to enter the forum

Hello. This is not a Kubanka, it is just an ordinary hat with a Russian cockade on it) you shouldn't add it to your collection.

some more photos

Private museum in the village of Golubitskaya in Kuban

I recently purchased this children's hussar hat for my collection. This is the first children's hat from that period in my collection.

this is definitely a fake

I have a few of these helmets in my collection and they are certainly beautiful, but can they compare in such diversity to the Pickelhaube? I think it is simply impossible to collect all the Pickelhaube by variety, even if you really wanted to. Unless you take all the types, of course.

here not only the eagle is a copy and the whole helmet is a fake. Look at the peak and the helmet itself

Yes, because it's a clumsy copy. Hasn't anyone noticed this? It's obvious that the eagle is a fake.

This could be the case with officers attached to the Prussian guard regiments from the small principalities of Germany. For example, an officer attached to the headquarters of the guard regiments

thank you friends