Canada, Pre-Confederation. A Rare No. 1 Company, Les Chasseurs Canadiens Of Montreal Militia Helmet Plate, C.1862 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It features a gilded sunwheel

It features a gilded sunwheel swastika (Hakenkreuz) with the majority of the original gilding still intact

55 mm x 123 mm

a Scottish Clan Sutherland SANS PEUR cap badge

multiple contact marks present enamels on the arm at 6 o'clock on both the obverse and the reverse

Canada, Pre-Confederation. A Rare No. 1 Company, Les Chasseurs Canadiens Of Montreal Militia Helmet Plate, C.1862 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It features a gilded sunwheelThree piece construction, in die stamped patinated white metal, independent soldier and scroll inscribed "AU BUT" insignias, affixed to a maple leaf base, unmarked, measuring 76. 2 mm (w) x 88. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered patination wear, surface rust evident on the shoulder and scroll insignias, better than very fine. Footnote: During the War of 1812, after the 5th Battalion of Select Embodied Militia attracted unfavourable reports in 1814