G'day there!
Picked up this West Somerset Yeomanry shako plate around 6 months ago.
I've been discussing the possibility of getting the badge re-silvered/gilt with its previous owner. We think the backing plate was most likely gilt, but we're not fully sure as to whether the centre portions of the shako need to be in silver or gilt.
The plate was adorned with an interesting, thickly applied purple-brown material that only came off after much scrubbing with a toothbrush and spending a week immersed in lemon juice.
Here's a link to a google drive with the images.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...Of?usp=sharing
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,
All the best,
Alexander