Officers’ pouch belt plate, Westmeath (Rifles) Militia, 1855-1881.
Silver. A wreath of shamrock surmounted by a monarchial crown upon a frosted tablet. Within the wreath a frosted eight-pointed ball-tipped cross with four lions passant gardant between the arms. At the centre of the cross, a stringed bugle horn upon a frosted ground within a frosted circlet edged with rope pattern borders. The badge is backed with a flat burnished white metal plate of similar shape, through which pass four screw fittings, secured by nuts.