Lot 325

THE LIFE GUARDS: TROOPER'S FULL DRESS TUNIC, HELMET, BREAST AND BACK PLATES

Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 July 2017 at 11:00 BST
£1,625
Description
the modern scarlet tunic with blue facings, embellished with gold lace and similar wrist panels, anodised aluminium buttons, gold bullion aiguilettes, and a white blancoed leather belt, with brass trimmed plated breast and back plates, the helmet with white horsehair plume and eight pointed star badge surmounted by the Royal crown with motto HONI SOITQUI MALY PENSE above St George and the Dragon, with a leather-lined brass chinstrap with rosette bosses, on a modern stand
