A super rare Scottish Napoleonic Grantown Strathspey & Craigellachie Volunteers Shoulder Belt Plate. This was carried by a volunteer in a Scottish Fencible regiment. The Fencible regiments were raised as a direct result of the perceived threat of invasion by the newly resurgent revolutionary France and were seen as a kind of Home Guard. The Grant or Strathspey Fencibles were raised in 1793 after the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars and was predominantly a Highland regiment. The regiment was raised by Sir James Grant of Grant. The regiment are notorious for have mutinied in 1795 when the Highlanders erroneously believed that they were going to be forced to serve outside of Scotland. For a more detailed account of the regiment and the Fencible regiments in general, please go to here.
Shoulder belt plate in good condition
Decoration to the plate includes a royal crown, Scottish thistle and English rose. There is also a flaming(?) coronet above. The shoulder belt plate is in good condition with some consequent age wear to the engraving. With good age patina to the rear. Height of the plate is just over 3 inches.
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