Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 4th Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1883 - 1901, a good quality example, the blue cloth skull complete with all silver plated fittings, the crowned star pattern frontal plate with laurel overlays, a large Bath style cross with three scrolls ‘The Derbyshire Regt’, in the centre on a ground of blue enamel a Hart couchant within oak sprays, a double scroll at the bottom ‘Sherwood Foresters’ ‘4th Volunteer Battalion’, buff leather sweat band and remains of silk lining, retailed by ‘Hobson & Sons, London’, the plate not original to the helmet, very good overall condition £440-500