Original Imperial Russian WWI Officer Papakha Kubanka Wool Hat with Cockade Martini-Henry Rifles The top adjustment string still

The top adjustment string still present

As indicated by the green heavily embroidered rectangle in the upper left canton

28TH REGT of FOOT

which is on the smaller end of the typical size

a position they would hold into the late 1700’s / early 1800’s

Original Imperial Russian WWI Officer Papakha Kubanka Wool Hat with Cockade Martini-Henry Rifles The top adjustment string stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Russian Papakha (Russian: ), also known as astrakhan peruk in English, is a wool hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. The word papakha is of Turkic origin (papak). In Azerbaijani, papaq literally translates to hat. There are two different Russian papakhas. One, called a papaha, is a high fur hat, usually made of karakul sheep skin. The hat has the