Cavalry cartridge pouch 1st regiment officers, Royal Army with giberneriem, officer of the artillery Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, ca. 1880

Steel, slightly curved rectangular pouch. Open at the top. Covered with black lacquered leather. Leather accolade-shaped, all-around stitched flap with strap. On the flap, a white metal '1' surrounded by copper wire with a white metal wreath of an olive and an oak branch, which are bound at the bottom. The flap extends at the back into a piece of all-around stitched leather. Fixed at the bottom with a white metal button. The inside of the flap is finished with a half piece of black leather. Black leather strap consisting of top and bottom with overlap. Slightly rounded with 18 semi-circular copper buttons with grenades. At each end a copper hook.