Officers’ waistbelt, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), worn by Maj C F Marriott, 1880 (c).
Crimson Morocco leather, with five brass eyelets on inside for adjusting waist size. Gold metal thread split bias pattern lace. Gold metal thread split bias pattern lace slider. Gilt metal buckle with gilt metal and silver plated metal snake hook shaped clasp, in die cast and mounted form of two royal crests in silver, each upon a gilt frosted oval ground with raised burnished edges, both linked by a gilt double headed snake. Crimson morocco leather and gilt metal sling fitting sewn round a loop of leather so as to provide free movement. Gilt metal sword hook.