shoulder belt plate, officer, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1984-09-81-1
Description
Shoulder belt plate, officers’, Perthshire 4th, or Eastern Regiment Local Militia, 1808-1816. Oval gilt copper plate bearing the following incised design: within a circlet bearing the title, 'Royal East Perth Local Militia', a thistle flower surmounted by a monarchial crown. On the reverse a hook at upper edge and two studs at lower edge. Various scratchings including the letter, 'F', (fairly recent) and the numeral, '834'.