A strange headdress of a Russian soldier. In shape, it resembles a cloth cap of the 1803 model, in which the main part of the musketeer regiments fought at that time, since only the regiments of the 1st Infantry Division, consisting of the Life Guards regiments: Preobrazhensky, Semenovsky, Izmailovsky and Jaegersky, as well as the Life-Grenadier Regiment and the Kexholmsky Musketeer Regiment, were able to receive the shako of the 1808 model. Also, the musketeer regiments of Count Arakcheyev and Uglichsky received shakos no earlier than September-October 1809, using patronage funds. The remaining regiments received shakos even later, after the terms of wearing the hats of the 1803 model had passed.
Thus, it was worth taking the 1803 hat as a model, which, although similar in general form to what is shown on the figurine, looked somewhat different in detail.
Here are the original examples of hats from 1803 that have survived to this day (some of the details have been lost). Line infantry hat and guards hat.
The non-commissioned officer's cap had a "репеёк" (a hemispherical pompom on the top edge of the cap) divided into 4 sectors, the upper and lower of which were made of a mixture of black and orange wool threads (the "репеёк" of privates had a color scheme depending on the company and battalion). Also, along the upper edge of the cap, along the entire circumference, a non-commissioned officer's braid was sewn. On the caps below the "репейка", just below the middle of the crown, a rosette of black cloth tape with an orange border was sewn. This tape was laid out with wrinkles along the circumference, forming the round rosette, in the center of which a button was attached. Under the "репейком" on the cap there was a cloth pocket for a pompom (in the guards and grenadiers, a lush plume was inserted there). The pompom itself was a tassel of wool cords, evenly cut, but having different colors depending on the company and battalion affiliation of the soldier. The chin strap was leather and fastened on the left. Earmuffs for the cold season were sewn into the inside of the cap.
Images of that era with lower ranks of the line troops and guards in caps of the 1803 model.
Contemporary images, reconstruction of the image of infantrymen of that time.
I apologize for the skewed geometry in the pictures, as these were photos taken with a mobile phone camera of images from the book.
