Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1911-14, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the very fine frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the crest and motto of the Wellesley family, a silver scroll across the top of the laurels ‘Duke of Wellington’s’, a scroll at the bottom ‘The West Riding Regiment’, the plate is original to the helmet, buff leather sweatband and cloth panel for ‘Jones & Company, London’, the gilt very fine on the frontal plate totally lacking elsewhere, very good condition £500-600