Kepi from the Military Academy of the Duchy of Modena

Austrian model, for student of the Military Academy of Modena; in gray cloth with green imperial profile, garnish at the lower edge and golden goblet rosette with green mottling and center, trophy embroidered in silver goblet depicting crowned monogram "FV" (for Francesco V, Duke of Modena), visor and yoke in black patent leather, alluding to leather and gray canvas lining; datable to around 1850; in excellent general conditions considering its age, only with minimal outcomes from moths; extremely rare