Original British 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade 17th Lancers Horse Hoof Inkwell - Crimean War German Field Gear in which the Maxim Belt

in which the Maxim Belt Loaders were originally issued

Almost certainly a British soldier's "War Trophy" brought back after the Battle of OMDURMANN in 1898 when Great Britain finally

Also known as "overseas cap" or "pisscutter"

- Base Plate

- There should also be a dome stamp (under the paint)

Original British 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade 17th Lancers Horse Hoof Inkwell - Crimean War German Field Gear in which the Maxim BeltOriginal Item: one of a kind. The Charge of the Light Brigade immortalized in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson in 1870 about the great charge made by the British Light Cavalry during the Crimean War against the Tsar's Russian Army in 1854. Subject of several films, in the 1930s it was Errol Flynn, in the 1960s it was David Hemmings which was far truer to what actually happened. Led by the Earl of Cardigan who misunderstood the orders he led his