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Collection Item: Home Service Helmet Plate 1878 Pattern

Basic info

Collection
Numismatics
Object name
Home Service helmet plate 1878 pattern
Volunteer Battalion helmet plate
Object category
Uniform
Object subcategory
Insignia
Description
Stamped white metal badge held by three copper ring lugs. Eight pointed star with radiants, on which are crossed laurel branches. At the centre is an integral badge in the form of a disc with the words 'YORKSHIRE 2ND. VOLR. BATN' around the edge. At the centre is the badge of the Green Howards of an 'A' entwined with a cross under a crown. The whole badge is surmounted by a Queen's crown.
Production date start
1881
Production date end
1901
Period
Victorian

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Identification

Object number
YORCM : CA1526
Number of objects
1
ID
30004489

Physical Characteristics

Materials
White metal (Whole)