The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley

Army Medical Staff An Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard 1878 pattern with all gilt fittings and chin chain present including the ball top, bearing a mint condition helmet plate this of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a VR cypher and at the bottom a floreate scroll ‘Medical Staff’ c. 1878 - 1898, the gilt lacking on most of the fittings and scuff damage to the black leather trim on the rear peak, the plate not original to the helmet
£300-500

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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