United Kingdom. A Royal Middlesex Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1860 Auction on a 34 mm pin)

on a 34 mm pin)

each topped by two machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia bisected by white threaded bands

stating that he had previous military service with Royal Highlanders of Canada and four years previous to that with the 1st Highland Field Company

1916 and sent to England for medical treatment

reverse is a starboard quarter view of a full rigged ship under sail approaching land

United Kingdom. A Royal Middlesex Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1860 Auction on a 34 mm pin)In die stamped silvered bronze, voided, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 93. 5 mm (h), a piece of red felt placed behind the voided area of the centrepiece, one of two lugs intact, the lion between the arms at 6 and 9 o'clock has been lost to time, exhibiting scattered spotting and greening, near fine.