Shoulder belt plate, officer’s, 3rd Aberdeenshire Local Militia, 1809-1816

Oval silver plate bearing the following incised design: between two crossed thistle flowers having superimposed upon the base a beaded circlet within which is the numeral, '3', upon a hatched ground, the cypher, 'GR', surmounted by a monarchial crown.
Above all is the concave title, 'Aberdeenshire', and below all the convex title, 'Local Militia'.
On reverse a hook at upper edge and two studs at lower edge together with two stamped, unidentified marks.