Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Horse Artillery Other Ranks First Pattern Light Dragoon Helmet. c1793-1820. A most rare and probably the only surviving example. The stout leather skull made up of two sections sewn along the crown and forming a raised seam, sewn on front peak of similar gauge leather. Original die-stamped copper title labels, ‘Royal Horse’ & ‘Artillery’, raised lettering on a crossed hatched ground. The helmet lacks its bearskin crest, turban and change chains likewise the front peak metal binding. A remarkable item and well worthy of careful restoration £600-£800