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Auction: 6017 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 22

An officer´s Shoulderbelt-plate ornament of the Madras Foot Artillery A finely-struck and richly-gilt device in the form of the Royal Arms (post 1837) within a crowned strap inscribed madras artillery, edged with a laurel-wreath interwoven with scrolls bearing battle honours seringapatam, corygaum, seetabuldee, mahidpore and nagpoor, four fixing lugs to reverse for attachment to the backing plate See illustration Note: This device accords exactly with that shown in the drawing of the shoulder-belt plate in Dress Regulations of the Madras Artillery 1842 (reproduced in JSAHR Volume LIII No. 213, Spring 1975). The plate was also mounted with the Gun, the Elephant, the Sphinx and scroll ava & java Estimate £ 150-200

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£200