A VICTORIAN UNIVERSAL PATTERN OFFICER'S CARTRIDGE POUCH
Lot 170

A VICTORIAN UNIVERSAL PATTERN OFFICER'S CARTRIDGE POUCH

MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

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A VICTORIAN UNIVERSAL PATTERN OFFICER'S CARTRIDGE POUCH
MID-19TH CENTURY
The wooden body covered with black leather, the flap with silver front chased with a border of foliage and flower-heads, and with applied gilt-brass 'VR' cypher
7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide

Almost certainly Richard, 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-84), who joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a Cornet in 1856 and served with the rank of Captain from 1864 until 1875.