1915 dated british cavalry troopers saddle and equipment display

[Rob truscott]

This is an ongoing restoration project of a 1912 pattern universal saddle of the British Army in my collection. I recently sourced the issue type wallets which have the distinctive grain to the leather. My 08 sword frog/ shoe pouch is an earlier type with two fixing loops wheras the saddle has for one so i havent fixed it. The rifle case im searching for still ! The lance has an ash wooden shaft rather than bamboo and goes back into Victorian years .

[Spitace41]

Very nice set up and interesting to see.

[harryamb2]

HA the good old days.

[Rob truscott]

Its really hard to research saddlery and obviously space is a reason many dont bother . The date and maker stamp along with WD mark i photographed. It would appear that issue saddles were sold off to farms after the war or left in France along with so many of the horses sadly .

[Jerry B]

A cool bit of kit, but as you say, a b#gger to display.

[Joe Sweeney]

Rob,


Very nice--Those ash lances are hard to find. It would look good with my 12th Lancers SD jacket. :-)



Have you been to society of the Military horse forum? Lots of UP saddle collectors frequent that forum.

Society of the Military Horse • Index page

Joe

[Thanatos]

Very Nice UPS 1912 Rob. Congrats on her mate.
Here's a link to my two Australian examples.
UPS 1902 Fixed Tree incomplete and a UP1912 complete (some replacement leather)

ALH Universal Pattern Saddles 1902 and 1912

All the best

Dave