Re: Soldiers wearing English accoutrements
What I think is remarkable to point-out is that the two soldiers in the pic on this thread are wearing the English cap pouch on their waistbelt, not on the cartridge box belt as it was intended. It is also apparrent that they do not have Enfield cartridge boxes on, just the ball bags as seemingly ersatz cartridge boxes. Looks to me to be done just for the photograph and perhaps not for field issue/use, but this is speculative without any corroborating evidence I am aware of.
Never seen that done at quality events and it is the first I've seen in an image. Thanks for posting.
What I think is remarkable to point-out is that the two soldiers in the pic on this thread are wearing the English cap pouch on their waistbelt, not on the cartridge box belt as it was intended. It is also apparrent that they do not have Enfield cartridge boxes on, just the ball bags as seemingly ersatz cartridge boxes. Looks to me to be done just for the photograph and perhaps not for field issue/use, but this is speculative without any corroborating evidence I am aware of.
Never seen that done at quality events and it is the first I've seen in an image. Thanks for posting.
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