Watch List notes:

Victoria, unknown militia (?) unit, late 1800s, belt and buckle in bronze features a central Queen Victoria crown with outer band details, 'Nil.Desperandum.Victoria'. Fine.

Nil Desperandum is Latin for Do Not Despair. There is a Nil Desperandum Mine in Victoria located about 100 kms west of Melbourne on the Yarrowee River. It was worked from 1864-1889 and again from 1906 and 1917.
($70-80)