A baldric is a belt worn over one shoulder that is typically used to carry a weapon or other implement such as a bugle or drum. The word may also refer to any belt in general, but this usage is poetic
A cavalryman wearing a mail shirt with a baldric over his right shoulder, from the Roman Tropaeum Traiani, built 109 AD in the area of present-day Romania.
A drum major of the United States' III Marine Expeditionary Forces Band is pictured wearing a baldric in 2019
The Marching Illini Drumline with double baldrics
The Sam Browne belt is a leather belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by military and police officers. It is named after Samuel J. Browne, the British Indian Army gen
A Sam Browne belt as worn by Canadian Expeditionary Force officers in World War I
General Sir Sam Browne, missing his left arm and beltless, in uniform
Finnish Lieutenant-General Hugo Österman during the Second World War
Second Lieutenant H Naish of the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World War