The Larne Infantry

A brass Shoulder Belt Plate complete with leather backing to the Larne Infantry a militia unit formed c 1798 ostensibly to relieve troops for the fight with France but also used to suppress local uprisings. The Maid of Erin between two scrolls Larne and Infantry. Larne is in County Antrim and many Scots/Irish used the port to travel to America in the 1800s

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