Hammer

£1,000

Irish Royal Tyrone Regiment of Militia Victorian Officer shoulder belt plate. Fine rare gilt rectangular plate with rounded corners mounted with silver crowned shield bearing 80 superimposed on trophy of arms resting on scroll TYRONE REGIMENT over fasces. Below a drooping scroll ROYAL. Single hook and two stud fastenings. VGC Tyrone Militia raised at Caledon in 1783, redesignated Royal in 1793, redesignated Royal Tyrone Fusiliers in 1855. Gordon Cummings Collection.