Grenadjärmössa

Unknown artist

Group C I. Grenadar cap for the regiment of Manteuffel (XI garrison regiment). (which was dissolved in 1788). Of dark red clothed with yellow gallon (this type of branching heart cap was common during Fredrik the Av time). Along the lower edge of the cap there is a strip of the same red fabric with a flame on each side and a grenade with flame on the back - all of the brass plates. Feed of coarse apprentice. The gunplate has engraving: at the top a crown, in the middle an oval with “F R” in the name cipher (Fredricus Rex). On each side a knight’s helmet, on the lower part an eagle sitting on cannons and fanas. At the bottom of the middle a star-shaped bribing grenade.