shoulder belt plate, officer, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1984-05-66-1
Description
Shoulder belt plate, St Saviour’s Southwark Association (Infantry), 1798-1802. White metal. Inscription below crown. Armed Associations were raised from 1794, alongside the Volunteers. Associations were administered by County Lieutencies and were for local defence only. Each company typically comprised between 60 and 120 men. Only ‘respectable housekeepers’ were eligible to join.