Full Dress Pouchbelt, 1901 - 1903


The pouchbelt , as with all the other belts worn by officers in full dress, is leather covered in black velvet and two rows of gold lace 1" wide so that the velvet shows as a stripe down the middle and as a black edge. The silver ornaments on the front are numerous. There are the pickers and chains that are common to most lancer regiments but there is also the badge and honour scrolls. The badge has 1BL surrounded by a garter inscribed THE HELP OF GOD AND BRAVERY OF MAN. The scroll above this reads SKINNER'S HORSE, the one below the badge is for BHURTPORE. Next is a three part scroll reading GHUNZEE, CANDAHAR 1842 and KABUL, then AFGHANISTAN 1879-80, and the last scroll PEKIN 1900. Pouchbelts dating from 1896 would be similar but without the last scroll. This belt was worn with both Indian and European full dress.



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