United Kingdom. A Royal Irish Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1880 Newly Listed His courageous and resourceful leadership

His courageous and resourceful leadership was at all times inspiring to the pilots who followed him and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service

the pinback bearing a maker’s mark of “G” for Godet & Sohn

extensive gilt loss on the Military Merit Medal

the six o’clock arm of the cross stamped with a silver content number of “800”

the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/859” and a secondary code of “209161”

United Kingdom. A Royal Irish Rifles Helmet Plate, C.1880 Newly Listed His courageous and resourceful leadershipIn 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.