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19 & 20 July 2017

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Lot

№ 1437 x

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20 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£280

The West Yorkshire Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1902-14, the blue cloth skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet the White Horse of Hanover with scroll above ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’, silver scroll below ‘The West Yorkshire Regiment’, buff leather sweatband with attached silk lining. Together with japanned metal carrying tin, the helmet overall has been refurbished both externally and internally and all fittings now with a ‘flash’ gilt finish, the spike thread stripped £200-300