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1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers & 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Helmet Plates, the first in plated white metal of Bath star pattern with QVC title circle ‘Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers’ with central strung bugle horn enclosing ‘1’; the second in blackened white metal of cross pattern with central oval disc featuring the heads of Mars and Minerva and the motto ‘Cum Marte Minerva’, at the top the Imperial crown over ‘20’ over ‘Artists’, the reverse with applied trade plate for Hobson & Sons, London, one loop fastener missing off the second item otherwise good overall condition (2) £100-140
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