pouch belt plate, pouch belt plate
Accession Number

NAM.1980-01-40-1

Description

Other ranks’ pouch belt plate, 5th Surrey Rifle Volunteers, 1860-1881. A circlet having four foliate projections between which are four projecting balls. Within the circlet, a relief design of two ovals side by side, with a shield on each, the dexter shield being the incomplete and never officially granted Arms of Reigate (in front of a tree an embattled gateway, with an escutcheon chequy over the battlements), the sinister shield being the arms sometimes used for the county of Surrey (six martlets, three, two and one, in chief a crescent). Above, behind and below the shields a scroll. Two vertically placed screw and nut fittings on reverse.