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Originally Posted by iaindh
I picked up this Dukes badge the other day but this differs inasmuch as it has 3 wires; would it have been from a helmet plate?
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As this badge does not have the coronet at the top, it must date from some time between the 1870s and 1898. At that time, the helmet plate was a crowned Maltese cross with the badge in the centre of the cross. The coronet was added to the badge in 1898, and the helmet plate was changed a few years later to a large version of the badge.