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Collection Item: Home Service Helmet Plate 1878 Pattern

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Collection
Numismatics
Object name
Home Service helmet plate 1878 pattern
Officer's helmet plate
Object category
Uniform
Object subcategory
Insignia
Description
Stamped gilding metal badge held by three copper ring lugs. Eight pointed star with radiants, on which are crossed laurel brancheswith a silver scroll bearing 'THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT'. At the centre is a garter with motto and a removable badge in the form of a disc covered in velvet bearing a gilding metal and silver 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 : CA1533
Number of objects
1
ID
30004490

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Gilt metal (Whole)