Officer's shoulder belt plate, 14th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot, 1806 (c)
Oval silver plate, hallmarked, 'London 1805', with a raised silver border, bearing the following design in relief: within a plain raised oval the numeral, '14'.
On reverse is a hook at upper edge and two studs at lower edge.
Hallmarks are GL in rectangle (makers’ mark - possibly George Longstaffe), passant lion in rectangle (quality/purity mark), crowned leopard’s face in oval (London Assye office mark, pre 1820), K in rectangle with scalloped bottom edge (date letter for 1805) and sillouette of human head facing right in oval (sovierign’s head indicating duty paid).