Description
Directly below the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a machine-embroidered tricolour cockade
Knight's Badge - Knight
1878 – March 14
40 mm (w) x 54
issued for gallantry
United Kingdom. A Sterling Silver M1818 King's German Legion Officer's Heavy Cavalry Helmet Plate Auction Archive Directly below the eagle isThe King's German Legion, 1st & 2nd Dragoon Regiments, a rare officer's frontal plate for the 1818 pattern heavy cavalry helmet, in die stamped hallmarked silver, London 1818, makers mark JA or possibly NA, the multi rayed plate with raised designs comprising the Royal Arms of Great Britain (1813 37), a Guelphic crown, and four battle honour scrolls Peninsula, Waterloo, Garzia Hernandez, the plate retains its convex shape, three ray finials missing