Waistbelt clasp, officers’, 1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, 1862-1879. Pattern 1862-1879.
Made of bronzed metal and locket shaped.
Inscription: die-struck, obverse description: within a frosted circlet with raised burnished edges bearing the regimental motto and crossed laurel sprays, a shield charged with three towers on a hatched ground.
The shield is flanked by a leopard rampant gardant and below all, scrolls (Arms of the City of Aberdeen).
With waistbelt fittings of Universal scroll and acanthus leaf design.