Sabretaches of the Light Cavalry, by William Y Carman
Published by the Military Historical Society in 1998, 72 pages. A5 size booklet (N6455)
This booklet provides a fascinating account of English Light Cavalry sabretaches. A Sabretache is a flat bag (like a large pouch) that was worn suspended from the belt of a cavalry officer, and this booklet is illustrated throughout with lots of black and white photographs of actual Sabretaches from various regiments, as well as 16 pages of colour photographs (displaying one Sabretache per page). Contents include:
26th Light Dragoons
25th Light Dragoons
23rd Light Dragoons
21 st (Empress of India's) Lancers
20th Hussars
19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Lancers
18th Hussars
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
15th (The King's) Hussars
14th (King's) Hussars
13th Hussars
12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
II th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Light Dragoons Hussars
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
7th Queen's Own Hussars
5th Royal Irish Lancers
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
Condition of the booklet is generally good. The cover has one or two minor scuffs and blemishes but is clean and bright, the staple spine is intact, and all pages are intact, unblemished and tightly bound.
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