53Rd Sherbrooke Battalion Of Infantry Officer's Helmet Plate, C. 1880 Newly Listed Captain Gibbons' fight to obtain

Captain Gibbons' fight to obtain reinstatement to active duty was aided by former President Theodore Roosevelt

It was manned mostly by Prussians and Pomeranians

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maker marked "ROYAL MINT" on the inside lid

with a strength of 42 officers and 1

53Rd Sherbrooke Battalion Of Infantry Officer's Helmet Plate, C. 1880 Newly Listed Captain Gibbons' fight to obtain53rd Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry Officer's Helmet Plate, c. 1880 104 mm x 130 mm, fine quality stamped brass, gilded in gold, in near mint condition. Will not find a better example. Footnote: The Sherbrooke Regiment was initially formed in 1866 as the Sherbrooke Battalion of Infantry, becoming the 53rd (Sherbrooke) Battalion in 1867. The Regiment provided volunteers for the 12th Battalion, Canadadian Expeditionary Force in 1914. The following