United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity Joseph August's grandfather had been

Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776 - 1847)

in July 1837

The battle was fought 28 km west-south-west of Ladysmith on the hilltop of Spioenkop along the Tugela River

including a Military Merit Badge in Silver with Swords

An Absolutely Fantastic Example of this Order

United Kingdom. A Coldstream Guards Belt Buckle, C.1890 certificate_of_authenticity Joseph August's grandfather had beenTwo 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,