Royal Marine Artillery an extremely fine and scarce officer’s full dress shoulder belt and pouch this with blue cloth face bearing rich bullion decoration the Victorian Royal Crest over crossed cannon barrels all within laurel sprays at the base a scroll with red cloth background Per Mare Per Terram, the inner flap with trade label for WJ Smith Gerrard St Soho, the shoulder belt gold laced with all correct gilt and silver fittings, large decorated buckle crossed cannon barrels and triangular tip with silver grenade within, minor moth nips to the red cloth edging of the pouch and five small similar to the blue cloth sections, very slight bullion loss to one laurel wreath, minor stitching faults to the shoulder belt, otherwise very fine condition £500-600

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