NAM.1979-12-66-37

Shoulder belt plate, Gordon Highlanders, worn by Col Harry Wright and Maj R G Findlay-Shirras, 1881-1956. Mounted upon a gilt metal burnished plate, a white metal design of a star similar in shape to the star of the Order of the Thistle, at whose centre is the crest of the Marquess of Huntly (a stag’s head issuing from a ducal coronet, above twin sprays of thistle). Above the crest, a scroll. On the uppermost point of the star is mounted a sphinx resting upon a tablet. On the lowermost point of the star is mounted a tiger passant gardant upon a tablet. Two hooks and two stud fittings on reverse. This item was worn by Col Wright 1881-1907, who was commissioned in to the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1876 and served with the 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders until 1907, and then by Maj Findlay-Shirras in the Gordon Highlanders 1934-1956.