waistbelt clasp, officer, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number
NAM.1984-03-17-1
Description
Waistbelt clasp, officer’s, 13th (Queen's) Rifle Volunteers (Westminster), 1885 (c). In 1880 the unit became the 6th Volunteer Battalion King's Own Rifle Corps, but without change of title. White metal belt fittings and circlet die struck. Central design in relief. Belt fittings of universal scroll and acanthus leaf design. Left-hand half consists of a frosted circlet with raised burnished edges bearing the title, 'Queen's Westminster Rifle Volrs'. Within the circlet, the right-hand half consists of the following design: a shield charged with the Royal Coat of Arms, the shield flanked by a rose. Below the shield a portcullis (part of the Arms of the City of Westminster) and above all a monarchial crown.