The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1840-55.
The burnished gilt back plate with various mounts comprising the multi-rayed silver Grand Cross of the Bath star, on this in gilt metal a crowned cross, the arms bearing six battle honours. Laurel sprays enclose the Bath insignia of three crowns, these on a ground of white enamel and the fretted motto ‘Tria Juncto In Uno’, this on a ground of red enamel. At the base of the laurels the Prince of Wales’s motto, ‘Ich Dien’, below the cross a silver oval bearing the engine turned numerals ’57’. Original leather liner (part perished), standard hook and stud fasteners, a very small area of slight gilt loss on the back plate, gilt dull on the Bath cross and one chip to the red enamel, otherwise very good condition £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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