Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A British Lancer Regiment Officer’s Foul Weather Lance Cap c1857-1880. A very scarce example in overall black patent leather complete with dummy plume boss and four small horn buttons in imitation of a covered top, good quality gilt lions’ mask side ornaments and similar gilt quatrefoil ring and hook cap line and chin strap retainer to the reverse, original buff leather sweatband, lining missing. The cap was worn without any frontal plate, but this example has been erroneously fitted with an other ranks brass plate of the 17th DCO Lancers honours to South Africa 1879, chin chain lacking and the patent finish crazed overall, some wear to two of the corners on the trencher top £260-360

Note: The only regiment to use distinctive side ornaments on the foul weather caps was the 17th, these were gilt skull and crossbones.