United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity in July 1837

in July 1837

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measuring 49 mm x 54 mml soiled from storage but unissued

the reverse presents the island of Crete under the inscription Girid (Crete) and the date 1285 (1869 AD)

Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776 - 1847)

United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity in July 1837Two piece construction, in brass, the left piece with a tab bearing the Coldstream Guards insignia on a pebbled background, a belt loop on the left end, the right piece slotted in the centre in order to receive the aforementioned tab, the slotted area surrounded by a circular ring inscribed "COLDSTREAM GUARDS" along with a half wreath of laurel leaves, the text and wreath with a pebbled background, with a belt loop on the right end, unmarked,