Officers’ shako plate, 6th Bombay Native Infantry, 1829-1844.
A gilt copper eight-pointed rayed star, the uppermost point of which is displaced by a monarchial crown. Mounted at the centre, a white metal eight-pointed rayed star upon which is a mounted gilt metal design of a laurel wreath surrounding a garter with beaded borders surmounted by the crest of the East India Company. Reverse bears two loop fittings one on either side of the centre and two pairs of copper wire fittings behind the crown.