Rifle Brigade Victorian OR’s Helmet Plate

An excellent example, die-stamped blackened on two loops. Within a laurel wreath surmounted by a Guelphic Crown resting on a tablet inscribed Waterloo, a Maltese cross with lions between the arms and ball finials to the tips. The arms of the cross bear numerous honours; the wreath bears honours Sevastopol Alma Inkerman. Between the bottom arm of the cross and the wreath, three scrolls Lucknow over Peninsula with Ashantee below; across the base of the wreath, a scroll The Prince Consort’s Own’
9.5cm high

Code: 18569