4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Officer?s shako plate.

A scarce lead cast example, blackened, comprising an eight pointed star, the topmost point displaced by a Crown; to the centre, within a rope edged strap inscribed ?Semper Paratus? ?4 MV? cypher. Two of four wire loops remain to reverse. Generally VGC.Raised in 1859, retained its numeral through the 1880 changes and became 13th Bn. London Regt. (Kensington) in 1908