abominable Albert [shako]
... that during the Crimean War, a colonel complained about his "abominable Albert [shako]" , upon whose leather top "a man may fry his ration beef at mid-day in this climate"?
... that during the <a href="./Crimean_War" id="mwBb8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, a colonel complained about his "<b id="mwBcA"><a href="./Albert_shako" id="mwBcE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Albert shako">abominable Albert [shako]</a></b>" <i id="mwBcI">(example pictured)</i>, upon whose leather top "a man may fry his ration beef at mid-day in this climate"?