Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

3rd Royal Guernsey Militia Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1878-1901, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate being of crowned star pattern with laurel overlays and central strap ‘Pro Aris Rege Et Focis’ this all in gilt metal, a silver shield in the centre bearing the three lions of England with a triple leaf above, across the top of the laurels a silver scroll ‘Diex Aie’ a tri-part scroll at the base of the laurels ‘Royal Guernsey Militia’, above ‘Guernsey’ a strung bugle horn mounted with a ‘3’, the plate not original to the helmet, red moroccan sweatband and supplier’s label ‘Shirley Brooks & Son, Woolwich’, the spike not of correct pattern, no gilt remains on any of the fittings other than the helmet plate which is reasonably sound, the front peak trim split on the point otherwise in reasonable condition £340-440

Note: The helmet for this regiment would have been of green cloth.