Belt Plates


These drawings were made from records in the Scottish United Services Museum in Edinburgh. The top left rectangular plate is an officer's of the 2nd Battalion 1803-14, presumably burnished gilt with silver devices. The others are engraved gilt or brass. The middle one in the top row is an officer's dated 1770-1805 and can be seen in a detailed print of an officer of 1808. The top right one is he Waterloo plate seen on this page. On the bottom left is an officer's 1756-1790. The other two are dated 1805-1810.


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