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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 7189, member: 44&quot;]The hat fell off the head of one of the toy &quot;Nutcracker Suite&quot; soldiers during the March of the Toy Soldiers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found the following similar hat that the seller dates WWI era. Of course that is no proof it is from that era and more importantly, Switzerland never participated in any of those wars - it was neutral. This style of hat actually was used in military engagements dating back to the Napoleonic era, but this hat certainly isn&#039;t that old. The seller called it a Tschako style hat. To me it looks more like a Shako style hat:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shako" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shako" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shako</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another that the seller calls a Shako hat dating it 1890-1920.</p><p><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/swiss-military-shako-kepi-headgear-helmet-army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/swiss-military-shako-kepi-headgear-helmet-army" rel="nofollow">http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/swiss-military-shako-kepi-headgear-helmet-army</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting page on a Swiss infantry hat dating from the era of WWI. Your hat is not identical in shape. The one on this page is in the Tschako style while I feel yours is in the Shako style. Anyways it has info on the significance of the pompom and round cockade on the front of the hat. Scroll down about 2/3rds of the way. There are pics of what the colors of the pompoms and cockades on the front of the hats/caps represents. The red and black cockade is for Bern. Not sure what the green pompom represents on the manual page on the right. The description above the manual pages says:</p><p>&quot;...the solid green pompom on an infantryman&#039;s cap (as on the one I have) means that the soldier was serving in the 1st Company of his battalion.&quot;</p><p>This may mean the same for the pompom on this hat.</p><p><a href="http://www.switzerland1914-1918.net/blog/swiss-infantrymans-cap" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.switzerland1914-1918.net/blog/swiss-infantrymans-cap" rel="nofollow">http://www.switzerland1914-1918.net/blog/swiss-infantrymans-cap</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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