Basic info

Collection

Numismatics

Object name

Home Service helmet plate

Rifle Volunteers helmet plate

Object category

Uniform

Object subcategory

Insignia

Description

Stamped white metal badge held by four copper ring lugs (two of the latter now missing). Eight pointed star with radiants on which is a closed garter ring bearing the title '6TH WEST YORK R. V. CORPS'. At the centre is a Yorkshire rose in a cut-out field, outside the garter are crossed laurels, the whole badge surmounted by a Queen's crown.

Production date start

1878

Production date end

1881

Period

Victorian