Auction Catalogue

18 & 19 July 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 572 x

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18 July 2018

Hammer Price:
£240

Royal Engineers Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1878-1901 and Named Carrying Tin, a good quality example the blue cloth skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the very fine frontal plate of Royal Arms pattern with two scrolls ‘Ubique’ and ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, red moroccan sweatband with attached silk lining, the helmet supplied by ‘H.Andrews, Dean Street, Soho Square, London’, the plate is not original to the helmet, the chin chain and side ornaments are of 1869 shako pattern, the frontal peak brass trim with slight rippling, together with a named carrying tin ‘Captn. B.F.Caws, R.E.S.’, very good condition (2) £260-300