waistbelt clasp, officer, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number
NAM.1984-03-8-1
Description
Officer's waistbelt clasp, 1880 (c). Associated with Unattached Indian Army. Gilt metal belt fittings of foliate design. Mounted upon the coarsely frosted gilt central plate of the male half, the Imperial cypher, 'VRI', intertwined, surmounted by an Imperial crown. Upon the female part upon a finely frosted gilt ground, in burnished white metal letters within burnished white metal borders, the title, 'Unattached', and a twin spray of laurel below. Upon the stem of the male half is stamped the numeral, '2'.