Thank you for the image of the officer's plate with is superb fretwork. My plate seems to have been cast from the officer's plate albeit with the central device cast separately. I do not believe that the other ranks's version would have had such fine fret work, but as I have never seen one, I do not know for sure.
What I cannot understand is why someone would cast a copy of an officer's helmet plate and attach lugs unless a, they were issued to O.R.s as an economy measure, b, it was made as a theatrical or film prop or perhaps for a reenactment group, or, c, it is an outright fake meant to deceive.
If anyone has a photograph of an O.R's helmet plate that they could post, I would be grateful.
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