shako plate, shako plate
Accession Number
NAM.1986-01-37-1
Description
Officers’ shako plate, 3rd (King’s Own) Staffordshire Militia (Rifles), 1869-1878. Within a laurel wreath surmounted by a monarchial crown the frosted Garter bearing the burnished Garter Motto. Within the Garter on a burnished domed ground a French bugle horn with a Staffordshire Knot within the curl. Reverse has a concave circular backing plate behind the Garter and bears the two horizontally placed loop fittings.