A 2Nd Midlothian & Peebles Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plate Newly Listed Monks Horton on July 21st

Monks Horton on July 21st

The blouse measures 400 mm across the shoulders and 545 mm in length overall

Commander - Silver gilt and enamels

Knights Cross with Swords - Silver gilded

A 2Nd Midlothian & Peebles Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plate Newly Listed Monks Horton on July 21stA 2nd Midlothian & Peebles Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plate 1880 1888. An eight pointed star with the top ray removed and replaced with Queen Victoria's Crown. An excellent garland of laurel leaves surrounds a quoit inscribed "2nd MIDLOTHIAN & PEEBLES. R. V." The Cross and the Star of the Order of the Thistle surrounding a quoit inscribed "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT". Two thistles adorn the bottom of the quoit with St Andrew and the Cross to the non voided