United Kingdom. A Lincolnshire Regiment Officer's Helmet Plate, C.1890

Four-piece construction, insignia and ribbon banner in silvered bronze, mounted to a two-piece base in die-stamped bronze gilt, each of the insignia secured to the base by a pin, surmounted by the Victorian crown, black felt placed in the voided behind the insignia, measuring 101.3 mm (w) x 125 mm (h), all three lugs intact, very light contact, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881, it became the Lincolnshire Regiment after the county where it had been recruiting since 1781. After the Second World War, the regiment was honoured with the name Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, before being amalgamated in 1960 with the Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), which was later amalgamated with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, to form the Royal Anglian Regiment. 'A' Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglians continues the traditions of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.