Officer's shoulder belt plate, East Lothian Militia, 1806-1816.

Oval gilt copper bearing the following incised design: superimposed upon an eight-pointed, rayed, faceted star, a rayed cross saltire which displaces four of the star points. On the centre of the cross a garter bearing the title 'Local Militia', within which a thistle flower upon a hatched ground. Below all, the convex title, 'Haddingtonshire', the whole surmounted by a monarchial crown.
On the reverse a hook at upper edge and two studs at lower edge with a white chamois leather lining.