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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.
Stu

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 .