Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Fife Mounted Rifles Other Ranks Full Dress Helmet c. 1860-90, the black leather skull complete with all white metal and brass fittings, the frontal plate being a four pointed white metal star overlaid with a four bar brass cross, thereon in white metal the Thane of Fife with the precedence number 1X in brass on the bottom star point, an ornate scroll below this ‘Pro Aris Et Focis’ in the centre of this scroll ‘FMR’, the side ornaments in white metal and brass again comprising crosses and bars on white metal discs these with four scalloped points, the plume holder base being a large white metal four ray cross mounted with a brass stem culminating in four ribbed bars, white horse hair plume with small rose finial, dark green baize sweat band all other lining missing, no chin chain otherwise good overall condition £300-400