Shako worn by Lieutenant John Bramwell, 92nd Regiment of Foot, 1815 (c)

Black wool cloth over leather; at centre front, a silver badge with a sphinx resting on a tablet bearing the battle honour, 'Egypt'.

John Bramwell served with the 92nd Regiment of Foot from 1813 to 1817. The 92nd was in Ireland when Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba. The regiment was immediately rushed to the continent where it fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in June 1815. Bramwell was wounded at Quatre Bras and lost a leg as a result. He died in 1881.

The 92nd Foot wore bearskins rather than shakos and the stovepipe type was phased out around 1812. It is possible that the shako may have been made in Ireland in the older style and issued there. The sphinx battle honour badge, awarded for the Egyptian campaign in 1801, is not the correct badge type for this shako; it is more likely to be a sporran badge.