shoulder belt plate, officer, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1984-05-57-1
Description
Officer's shoulder belt plate, 39th Regiment of Native Infantry (Volunteers), 1835 (c) Gilt metal rectangular plate with squared-off corners bearing the following silver design: within a laurel wreath a frosted garter with roped borders bearing the title, 'Bengal Nat Infy'. Within the garter the pierced numeral, '39'. Above the wreath a crown. Below all, a frosted scroll with roped border bearing the title, 'Volunteers', and the battle honour, 'Seringapatam'.