An 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot Officer’s 1829 Pattern Shako.
A good quality untouched example, the black beaver body with flush leather top bound, front peak and bracing bands, to the front standard 1829 pattern gilt crowned back plate with silver rayed star, gilt overlaid laurels, with battle honour scrolls ‘Toulouse, Peninsula, Nive, Nivelle, Orthes’, to the centre circlet with ‘Salamanca, Pyrenees’, with stippled ‘XI’, correct pattern side ornaments bearing the Royal Crest, copper gilt chin chains with original leather held up behind the shako plate, complete with scarce original carrying tin, orb missing from shako plate, leather damage to top bound, no sweat band remaining, overall good condition £2,000-£2,400