1st VB Hampshire Regiment OR?s helmet plate circa 1885-1901

A good scarce die-stamped white metal example of universal crowned star pattern bearing laurel wreath and applied circlet ?Hampshire 1st Volr. Battn.? with tiger to centre. Three loops to reverse. VGC .1st Hampshire RV became a VB of the regiment on Friday 1st July 1881, redesignated 1st VB on 18th August 1885. HQ at Winchester. Many of it?s members served in the Boer War resulting in the Battalion being awarded the honour ?South Africa 1900-02? in 1905. Became 4th Battalion in 1908