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Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry Victorian Officer?s helmet plate circa 1852-71. A fine and scarce
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Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry Victorian Officer?s helmet plate circa 1852-71. A fine and scarce die-stamped example. Silvered elongated ornate wreath half oak, half laurel; mounted within the wreath, an oval gilt Garter with gilt VR Cypher to centre. Beneath the Garter, an elaborate tri-part scroll inscribed ?Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry?. Three screw posts to reverse. Fracture between crown and laurels otherwise VGC. (KK 1514) Converted to Hussars in 1868 and adopted busbies in 1871. This is the actual piece photographed as No. 1514 in ?Head-dress Badges of the British Army?.
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Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry Victorian Officer?s helmet plate circa 1852-71. A fine and scarce die-stamped example. Silvered elongated ornate wreath half oak, half laurel; mounted within the wreath, an oval gilt Garter with gilt VR Cypher to centre. Beneath the Garter, an elaborate tri-part scroll inscribed ?Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry?. Three screw posts to reverse. Fracture between crown and laurels otherwise VGC. (KK 1514) Converted to Hussars in 1868 and adopted busbies in 1871. This is the actual piece photographed as No. 1514 in ?Head-dress Badges of the British Army?.
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