waistbelt clasp, officer, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number
NAM.1983-10-9-1
Description
Officer's waistbelt clasp, 1st (City of Norwich) Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, 1860-1881. White metal belt fittings of foliate design. The following design in relief upon the central horizontally milled circular plate. A lion passant gardant facing dexter, surmounted by a castle with three turrets, each flying a flag. Surrounding the plate is a frosted circlet with burnished rims bearing the burnished title, 'City of Norwich/ Rifle Volunteers'. The Roman numerals, 'XVII', have been crudely scratched vertically at each end of the clasp on the reverse of the belt fitting.