3rd Bombay Native Infantry Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1830-33.
A fine Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1830-33, copper burnished gilt rectangular design back plate, silvered eight-pointed star, Gilt crowned Maltese Cross with ‘Seed A Seer, Beni Boo Alli, Ras Al Khimah, Seringapatam’, to the centre a laurel wreath with title belt ‘Bombay Native Infantry’ and ‘3’, the rear privately inscribed ‘Presented to the Officer’s of the 3rd Regt. Bombay Native Infantry in Compliance with the wish of the late Capt. Cocke by his nephew and Executor J. H. Alt 1833’, fixings have been removed to enable engraving, very good condition £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Fine Militaria from the Collection of the Late Robert W. Tilling.

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John Cocke, Cadet Bombay Presidency 1803; Ensign 1804; Lieutenant 1807; Captain 1820; died at St Helena, 6 July 1833.