The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Dumbarton Volunteer Infantry Officer’s Waist Belt Plate c.1804-14.
The rectangular burnished gilt back plate bearing a silver mount comprising an elephant on ground, the beast complete with howdah cloth and castellated howdah, the loose ‘D’ end section not present, the back plate with some gilt loss and staining, otherwise good condition £100-£140

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

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Note: The attribution is tentative but the elephant with howdah was long entered in the Lyon Register for Scotland. The Dumbarton Volunteer Infantry was a unit of battalion strength with three Field Officers.
The 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment was granted the honour by the H.E.I.C. in 1806 but was a silver laced regiment and would surely have exhibited the numerals.