Original Imperial Russian WWI Officer Papakha Kubanka Wool Hat with Cockade Fusee Spring & Cover Many of these were made

Many of these were made in the field with materials in hand

At War's End The Craft Surrendered At Weymouth

It also still has the official designation marked clearly

At the height of WWII the British War Ministry ordered

Original Imperial Russian WWI Officer Papakha Kubanka Wool Hat with Cockade Fusee Spring & Cover Many of these were madeOriginal 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