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This is the only known example of the full dress helmet with the correct helmet plate for this unit
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CIRCA 1860
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A NEW SOUTH WALES VOLUNTEER'S MOUNTED RIFLES FULL DRESS LEATHER HELMET
Circa 1860
With a brass cross supporting a bulbous acanthus leaf and flame plume holder issuing a red horsehair plume, the brass helmet plate centred by the initials NSW within a belt inscribed VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES on a sunburst, beneath a crown, with rosettes, brass edging and repousse leaf band, a leather backed chin strap
See illustration
Circa 1860
With a brass cross supporting a bulbous acanthus leaf and flame plume holder issuing a red horsehair plume, the brass helmet plate centred by the initials NSW within a belt inscribed VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES on a sunburst, beneath a crown, with rosettes, brass edging and repousse leaf band, a leather backed chin strap
See illustration
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