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An Early Victorian British German Legion Light Cavalry Undress Sabretache.
A rare sabretache being the undress type for the British German Light Cavalry Legion. Intertwined gilt scrolls surmounted by Victorian Crown with regimental named scroll below. Gilt decoration, subdued to the leather exterior with message pouch complete to the reverse side and its three hanging rings in brass. The size of the Sabretache is the post 1856 size and would have been used by the combined Italian, Swiss and German soldiers who were raised to assist in the war against Russia in the Crimea. Billeted in Colchester, England, the Force was disbanded near the end of 1856 after the war had ended, there was a total of 441 German officers in the Legion, good condition £800-£1,200