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1 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£260

1st Gloucestershire City of Bristol Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-83, a very fine example in die stamped blackened silver plate with burnished highlights and of crowned Bath star pattern, in the centre a circle ‘1 Glos City of Bristol R.V.’ and at the base ‘In Danger Ready’, in the centre a shield bearing the arms of the city with crossed rifles on top of the shield, complete with three lug fasteners, very good condition £160-220