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Lot 5602    SESSION 20 (7.30PM FRIDAY 20TH APRIL    Military Police & Other Services- Helmets & Hats

Estimate $2,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,000

40TH REGIMENT OF FOOT OFFICER'S SHAKO, c1850s, black 'beaver' with leather brim, top and trim and with gilt and enamel 40th Regiment shako plate (QVC) with cream and red woollen ball above, leather chinstrap, leather sweatband and lined with magneta silk. Very fine.

The 40th Regiment served in Australia from 1823 until 1828 both in Sydney, NSW and in Van Diemen's Land. They returned in 1852 to serve in Victoria where they provided a gold escort to protect gold sent from the diggings to Melbourne and in October 1854 they quelled an uprising by the gold miners at the Battle of Eureka Stockade. They then served in the New Zealand Wars in the early 1860s before returning to England in 1866.

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