Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Cadet’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1878-1901, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the distinctive frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel leaf overlay, in the centre a pierced gilt strap ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’ this on a ground of blue enamel enclosing a gilt VR cypher on a ground of red enamel, a blue cloth replacement sweatband and retailer’s stamp ‘Phillips, Dublin’, the plate not original to the helmet, one rear metal spine retaining nut missing, small moth hole, some gilt loss, damage to the inside of the helmet where a variety of plates have been fitted otherwise of sound external condition £200-300