pouch belt, belt
Accession Number
NAM.1983-02-58-1
Description
Pouch belt, officers’, 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry, 1861 (c). White leather faced with silver Van dyke pattern lace with central white worm. At each end on underside, a white metal stud fitting and stud opening. Silver buckle, tip and slider all edged with a scallop design. Slider hallmarked BIRMINGHAM 1860. Buckle and tip hallmarked birmingham 1859. On front of belt a silver cinqfoil plate edged with a scallop design with a star pattern in the centre. Attached to centre of the star is a silver loop to which is attached two silver chains, the other end of each bearing an arrow. The arrows are retained in a six sided silver plate edged with a scallop design and hallmarked BIRMINGHAM 1860.