waistbelt clasp, other ranks, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number

NAM.1983-02-1-1

Description

Other ranks waistbelt clasp, brass, 1890 (c). Associated with Unidentified Scottish Rifle Volunteers. Cast. Belt fittings of foliate design. Upon the central circular plate, in relief: Crest of Scotland, viz: upon a crown a lion sejant affronte holding sword in dexter paw and a sceptre erect in sinister. Behind the lion the rays of the sun. All upon a domed burnished ground. Surrounding the Crest, upon a frosted circlet, the burnished motto, 'In Defence'. Plate fitted with flat tongue-shaped hook which passes through a square loop on the dexter side of the clasp. Numerals, '35', impressed on the reverse at the centre of the circular plate and similar numerals are impressed on the reverse of the dexter half.