1st Volunteer Battalion the East Kent Rifles Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard example complete with blackened front peak and rear spine quadrant and spike, the rosettes and chin chain are plated, at the front a QVC cross pattern helmet plate showing the white horse of Kent/Invicta scroll in the centre and unit title in the surround 1st Voltr Battn East Kent Rifles, the plate original to the helmet, small moth holes to the front peak area and the blue cloth worn £250-350

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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