Lancers Foreign Service Helmet Plate
A scarce, Lancers general pattern, brass helmet plate with two lug fastenings (east and west). KK1126 or Rowe & Carman 53A.
Note: The 2nd Revised Edition of Kipling & King includes this plate in the section on reserve regiments of the South African war (chapter 21) but states this was a more general helmet plate for cavalry regiments serving abroad.
Rowe & Carman c... read more
135.00 GBP
E Surrey Regt Officer's HP
A rare, silver and gilt, helmet plate for an officer of The East Surrey Regiment with three lug fastenings (north, east and west). As KK244.
Note: The scroll reads Regiment rather than Regt, which Kipling & King say dates it to circa 1891-1901. read more
375.00 GBP
KRRC Officer’s HP
A rare, blackened/silvered, helmet plate for an officer of The King's Royal Rifle Corps with three lug fastenings (north, east and west). The centre has a scarlet cloth backing. As KK196A/269.
Note: I understand this pattern plate, with the extra scrolls but without the 60 numerals to the centre, was worn circa 1881-83 only. The upper scroll has been reattached to the cross (by t... read more
225.00 GBP
RMA Helmet Plate
A brass helmet plate for The Royal Marines Artillery with two lug fastenings (north and south). KK1106.
Note: There is a strengthener behind the neck of the grenade. read more
150.00 GBP
10th Middlesex Regt Officer’s HP
A rare, silvered, helmet plate for an officer of the 10th (territorial) battalion of The Middlesex Regiment with three lug fastenings (north, east and west).
From the Hugh King collection.
Note: It has been highlighted to me this might be a helmet plate for the 1st volunteer battalion of The Middlesex Regiment (without the usual additional volunteer designation scr... read more
400.00 GBP
2VB Essex Regt HP
A scarce, blackened brass, helmet plate for the 2nd volunteer battalion of The Essex Regiment with three lug fastenings (north, east and west). HQ at Colchester. read more
150.00 GBP
The King's Regt Pre-1902 HP
A bi-metal helmet plate for The King's Regiment (Liverpool) with two staple-style loop fastenings on the backplate and all four intact on the centre. KK287/297. read more
100.00 GBP
SLI Helmet Plate
A post-1902, brass, helmet plate for The Somersetshire Light Infantry with two staple-style loops on the backing plate and all four intact on the centre (two of them perhaps repaired?). KK358/302.
Note: Kipling & King states the title on the circlet changed to read just Somerset in 1912. read more
Dorset RV HP
A scarce, blackened brass, helmet plate for The Dorset Rifle Volunteers with three lug fastenings (north, east and west).
Note: There may have been some repair work to the crown? read more
120.00 GBP
1st Herefordshire RVC HP
A scarce Victorian white metal helmet plate for the 1st Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps with three lug fastenings (north, east and west). KK1788. read more
150.00 GBP