£500
2nd VB Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1887-1901. Fine scarce silvered crowned star mounted with laurel sprays bearing SHERWOOD FORESTERS and 2nd VOLUNTEER BATTALON scrolls. Within the sprays, a Maltese cross bearing an applied oak wreath and scrolls THE DERBYSHIRE REGT to the arms. To the centre, a Stag lodged, set on rich blue translucent enamel ground. Three loops. Hobson & Sons oval plaque to reverse. VGC HQ moved from Bakewell to Chesterfield in 1898.
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