Soldiers of the Rifle Brigade wearing the shako, c. 1857
The Albert shako (also known as the Albert pot)[1] was an item of headgear worn in the British Army between 1844 and 1855. It was a development of the Albert hat proposed by Prince Albert in 1843 as a replacement for the bell-top shako then in use. The Albert hat was 7+1⁄10 inches (18 cm) tall, 7⁄10 inch (1.8 cm) taller than the bell-top shako, and had a brim all around rather than just a peak to provide better protection from the sun. The hat included innovative ventilation features.
The hat was ridiculed in the press when it was unveiled on 21 September 1843. The Duke of Wellington, who was then Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, made alterations to the hat. His version, which became known as the Albert shako, had a brim only at the front and rear. It entered into service the following year replacing the bell-top shako of the line infantry, light dragoons and Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners. The shako was also worn by fusilier regiments and grenadier companies, who had previously worn a bearskin hat. The Albert shako was regarded as heavy and uncomfortable and was often replaced by a forage cap on active service. It was replaced in 1855 by the French pattern shako.
^Barnes, Robert Money (1962). A History of the Regiments and Uniforms of the British Army. Seeley Service. p. 189.
The Albertshako (also known as the Albert pot) was an item of headgear worn in the British Army between 1844 and 1855. It was a development of the Albert...
A shako (/ˈʃækoʊ/, /ˈʃeɪkoʊ/, or /ˈʃɑːkoʊ/) is a tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, and sometimes tapered at the top. It is usually...
issued. This soon evolved into a shako much wider at the top and rather bell shaped. In 1844 the so-called Albertshako was substituted. However during...
intended as alternatives to the heavier, cloth-covered leather French Army shako. As a light and comfortable headdress, it was adopted by the metropolitan...
Wars by a flaring, "bell-topped" shako. In the 1840s, the tapering "Albert" shako, with peaks both fore and aft, was adopted. Guards units wore the towering...
wore the old style uniform of coatee and Albertshako, but in 1857 the more modern tunic and smaller felt shako were issued. As a Royal regiment the facings...
a double breasted version with red piping worn with a leather stock and shako to reflect their status as an elite unit. Infantry soldiers continued to...
shape. During the 1830s, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia decided to replace the shako infantry caps. For this, he commissioned General Lev Ivanovich Kiel [ru]...
the shako head-dress was a "bugle-horn with strings with the numerals 13 in the centre and surmounted by the Sphinx". When a new model of shako was adopted...
until World War II. For enlisted soldiers, the tricorne was replaced by the shako at the turn of the 19th century, which had become the new dominant style...
the 19th century, hussars were wearing jackets decorated with braid plus shako or busby fur hats and had developed a romanticized image of being dashing...
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Cup), Farmer's Daughter (1966 VRC Oaks), (1967 AJC Oaks), Tasman Pride, Shako, Balloch Gold and Axinite. In 1938 on the second day of the Port Augusta...
The HLI's full dress in 1914 was an unusual one; comprising a dark green shako with diced border and green cords, scarlet doublet with buff facings and...
as a monolithic unit. Seen nearly from behind, their bayonets and their shako headgear form a relentless and immutable column. Most of the faces of the...
The 5th Foot was the only line regiment, since the introduction of the shako in 1800, to wear the white plume (other regiments having white over red)...
pattern infantry shako (known today as the "stovepipe"). In 1812, this was replaced by the false-fronted 1812 pattern infantry shako (known today as the...
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motto of the Fort Henry Guard, of Kingston, Ontario, and appears on the Shako worn by the guard. In my defens God me defend, the motto of the monarch...
on a car in Clapham, south west London. The suspect is named as Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, a 35-year-old man from the "Newcastle area". 1 February A ban on...
Magdziarz, resulting in a no contest, closing the year with a win against Shako Mamba in Hamburg, Germany. In 1975, he won four fights in a row, including...
Lepanto, tattoo flowers on their arms, and in war-dress wear a cylindrical shako made of wood or plaited rattan, and large copper pendants on their ears...
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