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

The Norfolk Regiment an Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard pattern complete with all gilt metal fittings and bearing the post 1902 plate which is a crowned eight pointed star with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet (worn) a silver Britannia holding a trident and laurel sprig, at the bottom a silver scroll ‘The Norfolk Regiment’, complete with a leather sweat band but lacking other lining, the plate not original to the helmet, the gilt fittings part oxidised, the plate sound but requires careful cleaning £350-450

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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