Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire Regiment) Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet (worn) a Stag under a tree in silver no title scroll below nor any evidence of such a scroll being fitted, the plate not original to the helmet, buff leather sweatband with crimson silk lining, no gilt remains to the spike, quadrant, chin chain etc., some damage to the leather trim on the rear peak, grub damage to the leather sweatband and to the green baize linings of both peaks otherwise in sound condition
£200-£300
Note: The red velvet backing cannot be before 1885 when the regiment was granted the appellation ‘Royal’, the absence of a title scroll would suggest that this plate was of the pre-1881 pattern.
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The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1881-1901, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, very fine frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a scroll ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’ the White Horse of Kent with scroll ‘Invicta’, title scroll below ‘The Royal West Kent Regiment’, buff leather sweatband with crimson silk lining and maker’s stamp ‘Hawkes & Co., London’, the plate not original to the helmet. Together with a japanned metal carrying tin, a poorly repaired moth hole to the front peak, the spike is araldited to the top of the quadrant otherwise good sound condition
£300-£400
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