United Kingdom. An 8th Royal Rifles Home Foreign Services Helmet, c.1910 certificate_of_authenticity centrepiece bearing a sepia-toned photograph

centrepiece bearing a sepia-toned photograph of Patriarch Benedict of Jerusalem

The back of the tunic features ornate designs of an Austrian knot on each side near the waist

small hole in backing at 4 o’clock

OF THE PASSENGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP WESTERN WORLD"

United Kingdom. An 8th Royal Rifles Home Foreign Services Helmet, c.1910 certificate_of_authenticity centrepiece bearing a sepia-toned photographA white foreign services helmet with brass fittings, composed of pith and covered in a white lacquer, featuring a brass finial with surrounding leaf pattern around the base, and a leather chin strap attached to the interior and folded over the brim. An 8th Royal Rifles cap badge in blackened white metal has been punctured through the helmet, measures 42. 6 mm (h) x 52. 0 mm (h), both lugs intact. A hook presides near the back to the metal chin strap