helmet plate, helmet plate
Accession Number
NAM.1979-02-94-1
Description
Officers’ helmet plate, Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers, 1878-1882. White metal. Mounted upon an eight-pointed rayed star the topmost point of which is displaced by a monarchial crown, a laurel wreath within which is a garter. Within the garter, a depiction of the Tower of London upon a black velvet ground. Three loop fittings upon reverse.