A Victorian Officer's Pouch of Madras Light Cavalry
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A Victorian Officer's Pouch of Madras Light Cavalry
A red leather pouch, with engraved silver flap (HM 1863), mounted with an intricate VR cypher, reversed and intertwined (orb of Crown missing), the back of the pouch inscribed in ink S Hodgson 2nd LC
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Septimus Hodgson was commissioned into the Madras Cavalry in 1849. He was promoted Captain in the 2nd Light Cavalry in 1861, and eventually retired as a Colonel circa 1883.