Military Headdress Badges & Plates

British Royal Artillery Shako Plate 1800-1813

British Royal Artillery Shako Plate 1813-1815

French 1812 Pattern Voltiguer Plate 1812-1815

French Napoleonic Young Guard Plate

This is the Jeune Garde shako plate. A similar one, without the crown, was used on the giberne for the Chasseur à pied de la Garde.

French 1812 Pattern Grenadier Plate 1812-1815

French 1806 Pattern Diamond Shako Plate

British 24th Regiment of Foot Bell Top Shako Plate (1828-1840)

British 93rd Highlanders Bonnet Badge

This bonnet badge was worn by the regiment when they made their famous stand in the Crimean War against the onslaught of Russian Cavalry, famously referred to as "the Thin Red Line".

Imperial Guard Bearskin Plate 1805-1815

Made in copper, this plate was used by Napoleon's grenadiers a pied de la garde at the height of the Empire. While the Imperial Guard went to a brass version in officially in 1812, the copper plate continued its use all the way to the Battle of Waterloo. Stamped from an original plate, this reproduction is simply beautiful!

British Stovepipe Shako Plate 1800-1812

Stamped from an original, this brass plate is a most for British Army enthusiasts!

British Belgic Shako Plate 1812-1815

This is the same one that was worn at Waterloo. Stamped in brass this plate is an other ranks plate because of the absence of a pebbled background. The pebbled background were officer plates.

Royal Scots Stovepipe Shako Plate 1800-1812

Several Battalions of the Royal Scots serviced all over the world during the Napoleonic Wars. Being an old regiment, the Royal Scots had a special shako plate with its regimental motto "nemo me impune Lacessit" (Latin for 'No one touches me with impunity"). This motto is also the motto of the Order of the Thistle. Perfect for any Scottish Heritage enthusiast.

Royal Scots Belgic Shako Plate 1812-15

The plate used by the Royal Scots at the end of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Waterloo.