Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Leicestershire Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Helmet Plate 1903-08.
A very rare example, the crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays all in silver plate, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a gilt Royal Tiger with scroll above ‘South Africa 1900-02’, below the Garter a gilt scroll ‘1st V.B. Leicestershire Regiment’, complete with three loop fasteners and retailer’s trade disc applied to the reverse ‘J.R. Gaunt & Son, London’, slight buckling to two ray points otherwise in very good condition £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Helmet Plates.

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