Victorian British Army Royal Reserve Regiment of Dragoons Helmet Plate Badge Caubeen badge 40 mm x 57 mm

40 mm x 57 mm die cast alloy metal

One of two differing design of badge for this event

An original cap badge of the Notts & Derby Regiment [Sherwood Foresters]

the reverse of the crown with strengthening wire

Probably Royal Company of Archers

Victorian British Army Royal Reserve Regiment of Dragoons Helmet Plate Badge Caubeen badge 40 mm x 57 mmAn original and rare other ranks helmet plate of Her Majesties Reserve Regiment of Dragoons. 105 x 123 mm die stamped on gilding metal 12 pointed star, central motif of a lion over Victorian Crown (dragoons) within circlet. Rear fitted with two lug mounts, clinched, they seem to have been reattached at a wider position. This is probably a period reattachment or repositioning, as a similar braze has been utilised. Minor tarnish marks to gilding,