Shoulder belt plate, 8th (The King’s) Regiment of Foot, worn by Ens Clement Thomas Baldwin, 1830 (c).
Gilt brass. Mounted upon the plate an oval Garter pierced with the Garter motto enclosing, on a frosted gilt surface, a silver horse salient facing right above a ground below which are the Roman numerals ‘VIII’, the Garter surmounted by a monarchial crown. Below the Garter a right-facing sphinx upon a tablet bearing the battle honour ‘EGYPT’. Reverse bears two hooks, two studs and two long brass pins securing the frontal design. The leather backing bears, in ink longhand, the name and date ‘Clement Baldwin / Feb 1st 1830’.