helmet plate, helmet plate
Accession Number
NAM.1979-02-98-1
Description
Officers’ helmet plate, 2nd Royal Surrey Militia, 1878-1881. 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 the Garter bearing the garter motto. Within the Garter, upon a black patent leather ground, a star similar to that of the Order of the Garter. Three loop fittings on reverse.