sabretache

[blueman]

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_01_2013/post-10499-0-48315000-1359233365.jpghi guys id needed

[Mervyn Mitton]

Kevin - the leather sabretache is of a pattern usually for staff officers - and not attached to a Regiment. You will find that the back opens

and it has puches for despatches, notes etc..

I have had a quick look for the 7th. - I thought Hussars but , it doesn't match. Perhaps someone else will have an idea ? Mervyn

[peter monahan]

Is it the British 7th whatever? Hard to say from the size of the photo., but the crown looks a bit odd to me. French or Spanish perhaps?

[Mervyn Mitton]

Peter - at 400 mag. the Crown looks like an early Georgian - the side are straight, rather then the curved ones from the later part of the 18th C.

There is of course a chance that it is foreign - Kevin must tell us about the buttons - again the details are not clear. Mervyn

[blueman]

hi guys will get better pics whn the goods arrive im posting pics of a couple of belt plates i bought at same time,i know what they are but still.like an opinion....kev

[Andrew Clark]

7th is a french napoleonic chassuers a cheval, but is a theatre or reenactment copy.
Lace looks to be modern granby pattern and the fringe ouround the outside looks like a mylar thread rather than a proper metal thread or bullion drop you'd see on the originals.

[Mervyn Mitton]

Andrew - welcome to GMIC. Thankyou for the identification which was giving a problem. You have been of great help for

this and the other post on belt plates.

Are you a collector of these items ? I hope you will be able to post some good items from your own collection ? Mervyn