£500
Hong Kong Volunteer Corps Victorian Machine Gun Co. helmet badge circa 1893-1902. Good rare die-stamped British made blackened brass crowned strap HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS resting in laurel sprays on NULLI SECUNDUS IN ORIENTE scroll; voided centre flaming with grenade on MACHINE GUN Co scroll over Royal Arms. Pagri pin replaced with lead soldered loops. Retains one of two central blades for securing cloth backing (now absent) otherwise VGC. Bob Betts Collection
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