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Sold on 14 December 2011

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The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley

Ron Handley

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№ 239

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14 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£250

Army Medical Staff An Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard 1878 pattern with all gilt fittings and chin chain present including the ball top, bearing a mint condition helmet plate this of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a VR cypher and at the bottom a floreate scroll ‘Medical Staff’ c. 1878 - 1898, the gilt lacking on most of the fittings and scuff damage to the black leather trim on the rear peak, the plate not original to the helmet
£300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley.

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