waistbelt clasp, officer, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number

NAM.1983-12-13-1

Description

Officer's waistbelt clasp, Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers, white metal, 1878 (c). Belt fittings of foliate design. Mounted on the coarsely stippled bombe white metal central plate, a matt white shield bearing in relief an eagle with wings displayed looking dexter and bearing upon its breast a triple-towered castle. Surrounding the plate is a finely stippled white metal circlet with burnished white metal rims and bearing in relief the title, 'Bedfordshire/ Rifles', in burnished white metal with a point between each word. The neck of the male portion of the clasp bears the impressed number, '6', which is repeated on the upper flange of the female portion, both being concealed when the clasp is closed.