Hammer

£840

3rd or Royal Westminster, Middlesex (Light Infantry) Militia, Officer's Albert shako plate 1844-55. Very fine rare die-stamped gilt crown star mounted with large silver curled bugle horn with central shield bearing the Arms of Westminster and Middlesex. Two horizontal loops with two pairs of wires behind the crown. VGC HQ. Turnham Green. This is the actual piece photographed as No. 1173 in “Head-dress Badges of the British Army”.