Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Uppingham School 19th Century Cricketer’s Waist Belt Plate, a very rare example of rectangular outline with squared corners in die-stamped gilded metal, the central device depicts the founder of the school, Archdeacon Robert Johnson of the Diocese of Peterborough with attendant pupils and the school motto “In Okeham et Uppingham in Com. Rutl. Sic Com Gubern Scholar et Hospiciorum” the reverse complete with bar and hook fasteners, the loose D end not present, excellent condition £80-120