3rd (Sunderland) Durham Rifle Vols Victorian pouch belt plate

3rd (Sunderland) Durham Rifle Vols Victorian pouch belt plate

Code: 21016

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A fine rare die-stamped Officer's lightly silvered example on screw posts circa 1876-83. Imperial crowned oval strap “Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo”; to the voided centre a shield, bearing a sextant, surmounted by globe on torse.
HQ Sunderland; redesignated 3rd (The Sunderland) VB The Durham Light Infantry in 1887