United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, c.1890
Two-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, measuring 87 mm (w) x 58 mm (h) when linked together, surface wear evident on the insignia, the text "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" surrounding the cross on the insignia illegible, very fine.

