NAM.1980-05-12-1

Officers’ waistbelt clasp, Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers, Volunteer Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1884-1885. Silver. The belt fittings are embellished with an oakleaf design. Mounted upon a domed and burnished circular plate, a spray of oak leaves and acorns. Surrounding the plate a frosted circlet. The clasp is hallmarked upon the inner edge of each of the belt fittings, although the dexter fitting lacks the lion passant and anchor. In each case the maker’s initials ‘WD’ are stamped in an oval cartouche at the top inner corner. This pattern of clasp may have been worn by the Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers before 1881 and continued to be worn when they became Volunteer Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.