shoulder belt plate, officer, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1984-09-73-1
Description
Officer's shoulder belt plate, Duke of York's Infantry Regiment Hanoverian Army, 1816 (c). Oval gilt copper plate bearing the following incised design: the Coat of Arms of HRH Prince Frederick Augustus Duke of York with supporters and motto, above which, the concave title, 'Infanterie Regiment Herzog Von York'. Below all is the battle honour, 'Waterloo'. On the reverse is a hook at the upper edge (damaged) and two studs at lower edge. Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
People