Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

First Essex Artillery Volunteers Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 18789-1901, the skull complete with all its silver plated fittings, the frontal plate of Royal Arms pattern with top scroll ‘First’ and bottom scroll ‘Essex Artillery Vols.’, buff leather sweat band with crimson silk lining, the plate original to the helmet, together with a japanned metal carrying tin bearing brass retailer’s plaque for ‘Edward Smith, Ebury St., London’, very good overall condition £400-600