pouch belt plate, pouch belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1973-09-6-5
Description
Pouch belt plate, 1st Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, worn by Lt Col Arthur Cautley Bunny, 1876-1897. Silver. Centrally upon a slightly domed smooth ground, the numeral, '1', within a garter bearing the title, 'Sikh Infantry'. The garter surmounted by a monarchial crown and encircled by two sprays of laurel, across the base of which a scroll with title, 'Punjab Frontier Force'. Below this scroll and linked to it by two loops of rope, a scroll bearing the battle honour, 'Punjab'. Upon the upper right hand portion of the reverse, is engraved the letter, 'B'.
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