7TH LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS (The Manchester Artillery)

OFFICERS HOME SERVICE HELMET
1881-1901 to T.H.LEIGH
Born October 1873,
died January 1942,
WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL

Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Leigh Son of Sir Joseph Leigh (1841–1908) was a prominent Liberal Party politician who combined a successful industrial career as a cotton spinner with decades of civic and national public service

Officers Helmet. leather trim, silver plate crosspiece, ball, chin chain and rosettes. silvered regimental plate to the 7th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery. with an name on the sweatband T.H. LEIGH

The interior with leather sweatband silk edging, some light damage to the rear lobster tail.
maker lable for Hobson and Sons Lexington St LONDON ,
A Reasonable nice example

Code: 55946