United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 49 mm x 54

measuring 49 mm x 54 mml soiled from storage but unissued

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

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

in July 1837

United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 49 mm x 54Two 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,