1st Hants RV HP

A rare, white metal, helmet plate for The 1st Hampshire Rifle Volunteers with two of its three lug fastenings intact (north and west, as viewed from the rear - the east lug is missing). As Woods 3.27.

From the Rod Flood collection.

Note: Terence Woods, in his book on The Military Insignia of Hampshire and The Isle of Wight, shows the officer's version of this plate. The other rank's plate is described, with a voided bugle centre, (on page 50) but not illustrated.

Code: 62095