France, Second Empire. A Bicorne Hat of General’s Great Dress, by E. Bidal, Paris, c.1860 certificate_of_authenticity one is maker marked W

one is maker marked W

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France, Second Empire. A Bicorne Hat of General’s Great Dress, by E. Bidal, Paris, c.1860 certificate_of_authenticity one is maker marked WA full dress model of the 1852 regulation of General Great Dress, in black felt (Flemish style), bordered by a wide golden braid known as the generals edge with a scalloped crested edge, bearing branches and fruit in the weaving, an ostrich feather is sewn into each exterior edge along the top of the bicorne, a braid of three matte gold twists arcs along the right side doubling around the General Officers button, overlapping a tri colour cockade, the