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Originally Posted by Toby Purcell
The rounded ends to the numbers is a French style that was popular in the British Army during the Napoleonic and Regency periods. The fashion appears to have changed to the flat top in the 1840s and then on into the 1850s.
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Thanks for the information, Toby.
I note that in Kipling and King's Vol.1, that several "French-Pattern Shako: 1855-1861" plates have this rounded end "3".
Regards, John