34th (Cumberland) Foot Victorian Officer’s shoulder belt plate

An excellent scarce example. Burnished gilt rectangular plate mounted with facetted silver star in turned mounted with gilt crowned Bath cross superimposed on a laurel wreath; lions between the arms of the cross which bear the honours of the regiment. To the centre, within a circlet inscribed “CUMBERLAND REGT”, silver milled numerals “34” on a domed silver ground. Beneath the cross, in gilt, a tri-part scroll inscribed “ARROYO DOS MOLINOS”. Reverse retains original fixings comprising two hooks and two studs and complete with leather liner.