34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot Victorian Officers shoulder belt plate circa 1845-55. A very

34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot Victorian Officers shoulder belt plate circa 1845-55. A very fine 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. VGC The 34th were the only regiment that held the honour ""Arroyo dos Molinos"" which was granted on 30th May 1845 and placed on the shoulder belt plates beneath the cross. The 34th served in North America from 1830 to 1840 and was despatched on horse sleighs across heavy snows from New Brunswick to quell disturbances in Lower Canada in the winter of 1838. After North America the 34th saw service in the Ionian Isles, the West Indies, The Crimea and during the Mutiny in India. Became 1st Battalion Border Regt. on Friday 1st July 1881