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Sold on 14 December 2011

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The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley

Ron Handley

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№ 255

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14 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£160

Royal Army Ordnance Corps an Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. A very fine standard pattern example complete with all gilt fittings, the frontal plate of post 1920 pattern being a crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet in silver plate a KC over the Garter enclosing a shield bearing the arms of Ordnance, at the base a scroll ‘Royal Army Ordnance Corps’, the plate original to the helmet and the helmet internally in mint condition, the gilt part oxidised on the plate, quadrant and spike £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley.

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