9th Royal Lancers Troopers Lance Cap

This is an original, Trooper’s Lance Cap of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancer’s The Lance Cap has the correct internal construction, skull and peak of black patent leather with correct brass rope effect waist. The rear has the correct brass ring & hook. The sides are covered in black facing cloth. Brass piping with ornate finials extends down the 4 angles. The cap has the correct brass rosette with Victorian Crown and 9 brass button and Lion’s head bosses with correct leather backed link brass chain. It has a brass plume boss with black & white horse hair plume. The cap is fitted with correct rayed plate and badge comprising the Queens Crown Royal arms, Queen Adelaide ‘AR’ Royal cipher and Battle honours up to and including Afghanistan 1878-80 Please note inside the helmet is WD marked and dated 1911 however has a Victorian plate it maybe the helmet was reissued