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WWI West Somersetshire Yeomanry Cavalry Officers Leather Sword Frog & Saddle Straps. 21683:2. - 21683:2 The West Somerset Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army. First raised in 1794, it participated in the Second Boer War and World War I before being converted to an artillery regiment. It served in World War II (as two field artillery regiments). Post-war it was gradually reduced in strength until the yeomanry lineage of the successor unit was discontinued on 9 November 1988. At the outbreak of the World War I, the regiment mobilised at County Territorial Hall, Taunton, on 4 August 1914 and moved to Winchester. On 15 August it moved with the 2nd South Western Mounted Bde to the Colchester area of Essex, with the regiment at Ardleigh. This example is clearly imprinted to the front ‘W.S.Y.C’ (West Somersetshire Yeomanry Cavalry) the leather is thick and beautifully supple. The straps, stitching and metalwork are also in excellent condition. The price includes UK delivery. 21683:2. (British Holsters) £225.00
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