Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

13th Regiment of Foot Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate, an extremely rare and early example of elliptical outline of raised beaded edge enclosing a further elliptical applied section, this with a ground of flush blue enamel and the numerals ‘J3’, one hook and two studs and with maker’s mark ‘Archer’, the lower part of the blue enamel section now crudely replaced otherwise in very fine condition £600-800

Note: The style of ‘I’ indicates use by the 13th Regiment (later 13th Somerset Regiment) and not by any Indian Army Unit.