waistbelt clasp, waistbelt clasp
Accession Number
NAM.1980-01-5-1
Description
Officers’ waistbelt clasp, right side only, 1st Oxford Light Horse Volunteers, 1864-1870. White metal. Within a bevelled, burnished rim, upon a frosted ground, a relief design of intertwined letters below a monarchial crown and above the numeral ‘I’, which in turn is above a scroll. Original belt fitting removed, two holes pierced at top and bottom on dexter side of plate and a length of wire inserted through these holes to form a loop. Flat hook fitting on reverse.