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It is complete with two black Morocco leather sword hanging straps complete with brass buckles and lower sprung securing clips.
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God and Fatherland” and central strung bugle horn. It has a darkened brass two piece belt buckle with ornate shoulders. This is an original Victorian Saddleworth Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Dress Sword Belt black Morocco leather three section belt joined by brass rings. An invasion scare in 1859 led to the creation of the Volunteer Force and huge enthusiasm for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs). Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in the now Greater Manchester. VERY RARE,Original Victorian English Saddleworth Rifle Volunteer Corps Officers Morocco Leather Dress Sword Belt With 2 Piece Brass Saddleworth RVC Buckle & Sword Hanging Straps With Brass Fittings. This is a very nice piece of original 9th Lancers equipment. The stitching on the buckles and breast plate is secure and all present. All straps have the same patina and are supple. The leather breast plate that the badge is fixed to is leather lined on the back. The brass badge is in very good condition. The breast plate has a large brass badge of the 9th Lancers with Victorian Royal Cypher 'VR'. The neck strap retains the two brass buckles, one either side. The girth strap end has come unstitched and has the buckle missing. The standing martingale has a neck strap and strap to fasten to the girth. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but amalgamated with the 12th Royal Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in 1960. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War. The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1715. Victorian leather standing martingale with brass breast plate badge to the 9th Lancers. Victorian 9th Lancers Standing Martingale With Breastplate Brass Badge.