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17 January 2024

Hammer Price:
£600

18th (Royal Irish) Regiment Grenadier Company Officer’s Shako Plate c.1812-16.
A very scarce gilt fused grenade with stippled edge, to the centre engraved ‘18’, holes drilled into plate for attachment to the shako, gilt tarnished overall,
fair condition, rare £800-£1,000

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 18th Regiment of Foot both served in the West Indies during the early 1800s.