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Old 15th March 2015, 05:51 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by kahnjar1
Yep that looks like it. So it also fits with the 1909 date stamped on the back. I have no doubt that the pouch was likely "souvenired" from British equipment and used (maybe) to hold lead balls....sounds logical anyway.
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Yes that will be it ... the 1903 equipment although designed initially for infantrymen , it saw long service ( up to the late 1940s ) by mounted troops especially in India and South Africa .
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