The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-1901
A fine quality example of standard crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet (faded) the Prince of Wales’s crest, motto, maple leaves and honour scroll ‘Central India’, below a silver scroll ‘Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment’, the gilt sound under some surface grime, otherwise very good condition £300-£400

Major J. J. Crooks Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2017.