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but most agree it was popularized in France during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 1800s. The most oft-cited story is that the French Hussars, Napoleon’s cavalrymen and noted saber-wielders ...
As well as being decorative, the cap effectively protected the head against saber blows ... The shako was altered on the eve of the 1812 war to give it a concave top and sides.
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