The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot - A Fine and Rare Gilt Officer's Shako Plate 19th Century, with eight pointed star, each bearing 'Battle Honour' the topmost point displaced by VR crown, mounted on the star a full gilt laurel wreath surrounding a coiled bugle horn couched within sprays of laurel and palm, the horn with central floreate numerals '43' and 'Monmouthse-Lt. Inf.', two loops to reverse. The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot in 1741 with its headquarters at Winchester. The regiment was numbered 54th Foot until 1748 when it became the 43rd Foot. In 1881 it amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry which in 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot - A Fine and Rare Gilt Officer's Shako Plate 19th Century, with eight pointed star, each bearing 'Battle Honour' the topmost point displaced by VR crown, mounted on the star a full gilt laurel wreath surrounding a coiled bugle horn couched within sprays of laurel and palm, the horn with central floreate numerals '43' and 'Monmouthse-Lt. Inf.', two loops to reverse. The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot in 1741 with its headquarters at Winchester. The regiment was numbered 54th Foot until 1748 when it became the 43rd Foot. In 1881 it amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry which in 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
/115284/Internet%20Image%201.jpg "Source: Dix Noonan Webb")
/130344/Internet%20Image%201.jpg "Source: Dix Noonan Webb")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
/115285/Internet%20Image%201.jpg "Source: Dix Noonan Webb")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
/115103/Internet%20Image%201.jpg "Source: Dix Noonan Webb")
/119726/Internet%20Image%201.jpg "Source: Dix Noonan Webb")
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
