Hammer

£460

Irish Longford Light Infantry Militia Victorian helmet plate circa 1878-81 Good rare die-stamped white metal crowned Maltese cross mounted with LONGFORD RIFLES circlet and applied silver Prince of Wales plumes, silver strung bugle mounted on lower arm. Three loops, top one AF. Crown bent. GX Raised in 1793 at Newtown Forbes as Prince of Wales Royal Longford Militia; redesignated Rifles in 1854 and as Light Infantry in 1855; became 6th Bn. Rifle Brigade 1.7.1881. Gordon Cummings Collection.