Peter_Suciu
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This has been a long quest of mine. This is a British Foreign Service Helmet, pattern 1878. Helmets of this design were private purchase and used in Queen Victoria's various "Little Wars."
This helmet came with the storage tin. The tin and the helmet manufacturer, which is stamped inside the helmet are both from Hamburger Rogers & Son King Street, Covent Garden.
The case says, "Major G. Venables-Llewelyn of the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry." The Imperial Yeomanry was one of the units to take part in the Boer War in 1900.
This helmet came with the storage tin. The tin and the helmet manufacturer, which is stamped inside the helmet are both from Hamburger Rogers & Son King Street, Covent Garden.
The case says, "Major G. Venables-Llewelyn of the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry." The Imperial Yeomanry was one of the units to take part in the Boer War in 1900.