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362 360 Royal Warwickshire Regiment Helmet A Home Service Helmet of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, by Hobson & Sons, London, complete with Helmet plate, 1881-1901 standard crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver antelope ducally gorged and chained, and at the base a silver scroll inscribed ‘The Royal Warwickshire Regiment’, gilt metal cross piece at top with spike, complete with gilt and velvet strap £600-800 361 King’s Royal Rifle Corps Officers’ Helmet Plate A Victorian silver Officers’ Helmet plate of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, in the shape of a Maltese Cross, Royal Crown above, bugle horn in centre with ‘The King’s Royal Rifle Corps’ around, lions in angles between arms of cross, complete with four screw attachments, these partly resoldered to back-plate £100-150 362 Birmingham Volunteers c.1800 A fine quality Officer’s oval cross-belt plate, 72mm x 54mm, silver, obverse inscribed with Royal Crown above and ‘B.V.’ in large floriate letters below, reverse interestingly inscribed in neat running script ‘Mr. John Innes No. 9 Broad St. Buildings’, good very fine, retaining original reverse fittings, together with two glazed and framed documents relating to the Royal Birmingham Volunteers £800-1,000 363 Ceylon Light Infantry Helmet Plate A Victorian Helmet plate of the Ceylon Light Infantry, crowned Prince of Wales feathers with motto surmounting a bugle horn, ‘C.L.I.’ intertwined between straps, complete with three ring attachments, together with the related Regimental Cap Badge and a pair of Collar Badges (4) £80-120 177
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