Queen’s County Rifles Militia, Officer’s shoulder belt plate, 1874-1881
Blackened metal, two parts, the backing plate solid metal the mounts die stuck. A Maltese cross, on each corner a ball, where the cross meets the circle a lion. In the centre of the cross a circle inscribed ROYAL RIFLES in the centre of the circle a strung bugle horn topped by a crown. Above the cross a plinth inscribed QUEENS, above the plinth a Guelphic crown. Around the edge of the cross a laurel wreath finishing each side of the plinth. The mount is fitted to the plate by nuts and bolts.
Collection of badges associated with the Irish Militia. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn.