Hammer

£500

Irish Kildare Rifles Militia Victorian Officer pre 1881 pouch belt plate. Fine rare die-stamped silvered crowned laurel sprays; within a faceted Maltese cross with lions between the angles. Mounted to the centre, within a circlet KILDARE RIFLES, the Maid of Erin Harp. Four screw posts, complete with backing plate. VGC Raised circa 1780 at Naas as Kildare Militia, became 3rd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st July 1881. Gordon Cummings Collection.