48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment Officer’s 1869-78 Pattern Shako and Tin, the shako in the rank of a Major of standard format being cork bodied with blue cloth complete with all gold lace and gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of standard crowned laurel and Garter pattern with stencilled ‘48’, complete with correct pattern gilt metal plume holder and white over red plume, buff leather sweat band and quilted purple silk lining; the plate is original to the shako, the silk lining partially detached otherwise in excellent overall condition, the unnamed japanned carrying tin with some surface rust, the fixed part of the hasp missing £600-800