Officers’ shoulder belt plate, 2nd (Queen’s Own) Royal Tower Hamlets Militia, 1832-1844.
Gilded copper plate, mounted upon which is a silver twelve-pointed star, the points irregularly cut with rays between each point. Mounted upon the star a garter surmounted by the Royal Crest in gilt. Within the garter, in silver, a depiction of the Tower of London upon a blue enamel background. Below the garter and mounted upon the lower point of the star a stringed bugle horn. In the upper corners of the plate, flanking the Royal Crest, twin silver scrolls. Reverse bears two hooks, two studs and a leather backing.