Shako plate, officer, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot, 1855-1861
Gilt metal badge in the form of an eight-pointed rayed star with top point displaced by Queen Victoria's crown. In the centre the regimental number, '50', on a disc of black patent leather or similar, within a gilt garter bearing the Garter motto, 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense'.
This regiment was raised in 1755, originally with the numeral 52. It rose to 50 two years later, when the existing 50th and 51st Regiments of Foot were disbanded. It first saw action during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and went on to serve in the American War of Independence, the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and the Crimean War (1854-1856) before being amalgamated with the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment in 1881 to form the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1983-10-200-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1983-10-200-1