Original British WWI 1912 Dated Royal Fusiliers Bearskin Busby by J Compton & Sons - Size 7 German Field Gear whose embroidered tag is still

whose embroidered tag is still present at the neck

It was most likely left in the field and acquired sometime in the early years after World War Two and then sent back to the U

was nicknamed in German military slang as Schiffchen

half stocked with brass mounts

Some of the edges of the liner have lifted away

Original British WWI 1912 Dated Royal Fusiliers Bearskin Busby by J Compton & Sons - Size 7 German Field Gear whose embroidered tag is stillOriginal Item: Only One available. One of Great Britain's oldest regiments, the Royal Fusiliers were raised in 1685 as the "Ordnance Regiment", to combat the the bastard son of King Charles the Second, the Duke of Monmouth who was later beheaded after the Battle of Sedgemoor. The regiment was redesignated as the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in 1751, and served throughout the Wars of the Spanish Succession and by 1773 was posted to Canada.