German Nutcracker: Hessian Officer in Tall Fur Hat, Natural FinishTalk about pomp and ceremony! Our Hessian officer is dressed in his sharp uniform with a tall fur hat. He is handmade of natural finish woods. His beard and dark hair, and his tall hat, are lush faux fur. Handmade by artisans of the Christian Ulbricht Company; they've been making nutcrackers by hand in Germany's Erzgebirge Mountains, where wooden nutcrackers first originated, since 1928. This is a working nutcracker (the lever in back operates his