Hammer

£360

Irish Longford Light Infantry Militia Victorian Officer pre 1881 pouch belt plate. Fine rare die-stamped silvered Guelphic crowned blank tablet over Maltese cross resting in laurel sprays. Lions between the arms of the cross, the roped centre mounted with Prince of Wales plumes. Four screw posts to reverse, complete with backing plate. Crown partially detached from tablet otherwise VGC. Provenance. Ex Hugh King Collection. Raised in 1793 at Newtown Forbes as Prince of Wales' Royal Longford Militia; redesignated Rifles in 1854 and as Light Infantry in 1855; became 6th Bn. Rifle Brigade on Friday 1st July 1881. Gordon Cummings Collection.