United Kingdom. A King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Helmet Plate, C.1890

(South Yorkshire Regiment). Insignia and ribbon banner in silvered bronze, mounted to a two-piece base in die-stamped bronze, the central insignia secured to the base by a pin and a nail, surmounted by the Victorian crown, disk in black enamels placed in the voided behind the insignia, measuring 106.5 mm (w) x 123.3 mm (h), all three lugs intact, very light contact, extremely fine.

Footnote: The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. In 1881, after the Cardwell and Childers Reforms, regimental numbers were abolished. The 51st King's Own Light Infantry became the 1st Battalion, King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) and the 105th became its 2nd Battalion. The Childers Reforms also combined Militia and rifle volunteer units into the regiments formed in 1881. In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the Durham Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which in turn was merged with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to become The Rifles in 2007.