Auction Catalogue
The Devonshire Regiment, an officer’s blue cloth helmet complete, the plate with an applied gilt KC and correct gilt and silver overlay and centre, the star pattern back plate was originally of blackened silver plated now stripped of the blacking, gilt frontal trim and rear spine, gilt chin chain (short) with velvet backing, gilt rose side ornaments, the spike and quadrant again of stripped blackened silver plate origins, the skull sound inside and out, evidence of an earlier fitted helmet plate, in addition to the defects stated no gilt remains on the side ornaments, nor front and rear trims £250-350
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