NAM.1977-04-37-1

Shako plate, 8th (The King’s) Regiment of Foot, worn by Ens Clement Thomas Baldwin, 1830 (c). Copper gilt. On the universal star plate a Garter bearing the Garter motto enclosing, on a (now very worn) red velvet background, a silver horse salient facing right upon a ground below which are the Roman numerals ‘VIII’. The Garter surmounted by a curved tablet bearing the title ‘KINGS’. Reverse bears two small copper lugs and two long brass pins securing the frontal design.