Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

41st (Welch) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1829-31, an extremely rare and fine example, the rectangular gilt back plate with dimpled surface and burnished edges overlaid with a silver cut eight pointed star, this in turn with gilt overlays featuring the crowned Garter Proper, laurel sprays, five battle honours and the numerals ‘XLI’, in the centre a Union spray of a thistle and a rose, complete with two hooks and two stud fasteners, the original leather liner all but one section which would have had the officer’s name but with ink inscription ‘41st Regt’. This pattern of plate was very short lived and is described in Parkyn page 206 last paragraph, excellent condition £600-800