A SCARCE BRITISH CAVALRY TROOPERS SADDLE WHICH PRE DATES THE 1912 PATTERN AND IS PROBABLY THE STYLE USED IN THE BOER WAR AND AFTER THROUGH WW1 BY YEOMANRY REGIMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY . THERE ARE NO MARKINGS I CAN SEE. EACH SIDE HAS BRASS D RINGS FOR HORSE SHOE/ SWORD FROG CASE AND RIFLE BUCKET RESPECTIVELY. TO THE FRONT ARE A PAIR OF WHAT LOOK TO BE PRIVATE PURCHASE WALLETS OF HIGH QUALITY . THE LEATHER OF THE SADDLE IS SOUND SCUFFED ABOVE SEAT . WOULD POLISH UP BETTER. THE REAR HAS RETAINING LOOPS THAT I STRAPPED A BLANKET AND A MESS TIN TO FOR EFFECT.
PLEASE NOTE THE MESS TIN AND BLANKET ARE NOT PART OF THE sale !
THE UNDERSIDE POSSESES THREE STRAPS . 2 ARE FOR THE GIRTH AND THE THIRD FOR STIRRUPS WHICH ARE BOTH ABSENT ALONG WITH GIRTH ITSELF .A SCARCE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOER WAR/WW1 ERA SADDLE .NOTE THIS WEIGHS 5 KG AND IS PACKED IN A LARGE BOX SO POST WILL NOT BE CHEAP OVERSEAS