shoulder belt plate, officer, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1984-06-32-1
Description
Officer's shoulder belt plate, unidentified Yeomanry Cavalry, possibly Hampshire Yeomanry, 1799 (c)-1805 (c). White metal oval shoulder belt plate with a beaded edge, with a crown surmounting a garter and a monogram in the centre. Garter inscribed, ‘FOR OUR KING AND OUR COUNTRY’.
Campaigns
Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802), Napoleonic Wars, Home Defence (1803-1815)