Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c1840-1855, the burnished gilt rectangular back plate with various mounts comprising the multi-rayed silver Grand Cross of the Bath star, on this in gilt metal a crowned cross, the arms of the cross bearing six battle honours. Laurel sprays enclose the Bath insignia of three crowns, these on a ground of white enamel and the fretted motto ‘Tria Juncto In Uno’ this on a ground of red enamel. At the base of the laurels the Prince of Wales’s Motto ‘Ich Dien’, below the cross a silver oval bearing the engine turned numerals ‘57’. Standard hook and stud fasteners, very fine condition £500-£700