United Kingdom. A Royal Irish Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1880 Archive the end of the strap

the end of the strap housing a pebbled D-ring stamped with the maker mark "UE24" (Friedrich Linden

a British flag at the far left with "1914-18" at its base and an American flag at the far right with "1917-18" at its base

suspended from a silver and blue enameled bar

a laurel and oak leaf wreath comprising an oval shape with thin purple enamel lines in the center of each leaf

printed in four color inks on a thick off-white paper stock

United Kingdom. A Royal Irish Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1880 Archive the end of the strapIn die stamped silver, voided, unmarked, measuring 79 mm (w) x 104. 2 mm (h), all three screwposts intact, the top one with a circular nut, the two lateral ones with octagonal nuts incorporating loops, a large piece of black felt placed behind it highlighting the voided areas of the centrepiece, very light contact, near extremely fine.