An other ranks helmet plate of the 1894 pattern

An other ranks helmet plate of the 1894 pattern. This particular example is of the one-piece, flat variation of the 1894 helmet plate. Convex one-piece versions, as well as two-piece versions (the cypher is separate) are also known. The officers' helmet plate was in three pieces (star, cypher and laurel) with a gilt washed finish.



The Royal Canadian Regiment - A Regimental Bibliography:

  • The Royal Canadian Regiment; 1883-1933; Fetherstonaugh*
  • The Royal Canadian Regiment; 1933-1966; G.R. Stevens*
  • With the Royal Canadians; Stanley McKeown Brown, 1900 (Text available for download here. (501Kb))
  • Canada's Sons on Kopje and Veldt; by T.G. Marquis, B.A.; 1900
  • Citizen Soldiers; William Corfield, 1983*
  • Sicily to the Seigfried Line; Strome Galloway*
  • Some Died at Ortona; Strome Galloway*
  • A Regiment at War; Strome Galloway, 1979*
  • 100 Years; The Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1983; Ken Bell and C.P. Stacey, 1983, ISBN 0-02-997670-7

* These references are available through the Regimental Store.

Other recommended resources include:

  • Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919; Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War - By Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson, CD - Army Historical Section, Second Printing (corrected) May 1964, Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964 (Text available for download here. (1.5MB))
  • Canada's Army in Korea The United Nations Operations, 1950-53, and Their Aftermath; A Short Official Account by the Historical Section, General Staff, Army Headquarters, Ottawa; Queen's Printer, 1964 (Text available for download here. (166Kb))