Rifle Brigade Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate
A good example, on a silver plate within a laurel wreath with battle honours, the last being ‘Relief of Ladysmith’, surmounted by a King’s Crown resting on a blank tablet, a Maltese cross, ball finials to the points, lions between the arms. To the centre, within a circlet inscribed ‘Rifle Brigade’, a crowned strung bugle. Mounted on the base of the wreath, a scroll inscribed ‘The Prince Consort’s Own’, with four silver screw posts and two nuts to reverse, complete with backing plate, with hallmarks ‘J & Co, Birmingham, 1914’ on both front and back plates, excellent condition £140-£180