Rare Victorian Second Royal Cheshire Militia Home Service Helmet, blue cloth cork body home service helmet with fine officers Victorian crowned helmet plate to the centre having Prince of Wales plumes with coronet to centre, circlet with ‘SECOND ROYAL CHESHIRE’. Silver trim to the peak and rear spine, officers linked chin chain with side rosettes. Cruciform spike base with rose mounts and fluted spike. Interior with thick crimson sweatband and cloth lining. Helmet with some moth damage to the body, central band replaced. Nice dark patina to the fittings. Raised in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1853, became the 4th Militia battalion Cheshire regiment on 1st July 1881.