French│Empire Collection
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A small private Napoleonic collection in Sydney, Australia
Militaria
Suspension ring for an officer sword belt, 1804-15
Support de bélière de centurion d'officier supérieur, 1804 à 1815
Superior Officers sword belt suspension ring
1804-
50mm
Gilt brass
The ring, in the form of a Lion head would have held one of the straps that suspended the sword. The belt would have had two of these rings from which the scabbard straps were fixed.
See second picture.