shoulder belt plate, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1979-08-31-1
Description
Shoulder belt plate, Tipperary Militia, worn by Capt J J Mansergh, 1850 (c). Mounted upon a rectangular white metal plate, a gilt copper flaming grenade upon the ball of which is mounted a white metal design of a female harp surmounted by a monarchial crown below which is a scroll. Two hooks and two stud fittings on reverse, the right hand hook has been broken. It has not been possible to trace a Capt Mansergh in the Army Lists at that period. The Tipperary Militia only became Militia Artillery in 1853.
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