Scottish Badges from the Collection of the late Arthur Strutt

1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, an extremely fine and rare other ranks or undress officer’s shako plate in die-stamped bronze, c1860, of QVC circular outline and displaying the full Arms of the City of Aberdeen but with additional charges, a crest is shown being a human head upon a sun-burst, and at the base another human head lodged within two cross hatched rococo panels; the rim plain apart from thistle sprays depending from the crown, two lug fasteners, mint condition £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Badges from the Collection of the late Arthur Strutt.

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The human head additions possibly allude to St Michael and St Nicholas, both mentioned in early heraldic references.