53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot Victorian shako plate c1869-788

Code: 20970

A good die-stamped brass example. Within a crowned laurel wreath the Garter, the seeded centre pierced with stencilled numerals ‘53’. Two loops to reverse
Following Cardwell’s reforms of the Army, 53rd became 1st Bn King’s Light Infantry on 1st July 1881, later KSLI.