Model 1756 - 1762 enlisted man's mitre hat of Peter III Holstein Artillery regiment.

Шапка рядового артиллерийского Голдшинского полка царствования Петра III (образца 1756 - 1762 гг).

* One spot of moth damage as shown, otherwise very good original condition.

Emperor Peter III (21 February 1728 - 17 July 1762) ruled Russia for only six months in 1762 until he was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his wife, who succeeded him to the throne as Catherine II. His parents were Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (nephew of Charles XII of Sweden) and Anna Petrovna, a daughter of Emperor Peter the Great of Russia and his second wife, Catherine I of Russia. According to most historians, he was mentally immature and very pro-Prussian, which made him an unpopular leader. He was supposedly

Please note: Only officer's mitre had a flaming grenade on the top of the cap.

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