Mexican Army Grenadier Company cartridge box belt plate variant

A slightly domed shield plate with an applied exploding bomb insignia centered on the face of plate. A drilled hole was used to secure a chain for pick and brush. A dowel permanent fastened the breast plate to the leather belt. This plate probably belonged to a grenadier dragoon. Cartridge Box Belt Plate.Ca. 1820’s-1840’s.Dug at the ruins of the Hacienda de Santa Elena, Coahuila,Mexico.Collection: Rod Bates. Cast and filed brass, whole, with applied cast brass bomb.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/mhinojosa/1044/thumbnail.jp