£1,300
ZAR Johannesburg Vrijwilliger Corps Slouch Hat A very rare example of the pattern of felt slouch hat worn in South Africa during the late 19th century. The light brown felt hat retains the original silk edging pagri band and bow, this now fragile. to the left brim turn up the white metal badge with pin fitting of the ZAR Johannesburg Vrijwilliger Corps. The hat now with some age wear, sweatband absent and some moth damage. The ZAR Johannesburg Vrijwilliger Corps was raised in 1894, it took part in two significant actions The first was at Doornkop from 29 December 1895 to 2 January 1896, to suppress the planned Johannesburg Uitlander Revolution and against the Jameson Raid, an unsuccessful British-backed attempt to overthrow the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek government. The unit was disbanded January 1899.
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