United Kingdom. A Victorian Royal Artillery Officer's Cross Belt Cartridge Pouch

Stiff-framed flap with a black wool exterior, the front with three silvered artillery pieces in a stacked formation, surmounted by a Victorian crown in silvered bullion wire, in various textures, the void of the crown in maroon felt, the artillery pieces and crown framed within an open-ended wreath of silvered bullion wire in various textures along with silvered sequins, the wreath composed of laurel leaves on the left side and oak leaves with acorns on the right side, the bottom edge and both sides trimmed in a 20 mm wide strip in fine silvered wire in a repeating wavy pattern. The underside of the flap and the exterior of the hardshelled pouch in black leather, the interior of the pouch lined in red leather, a black leather tab with a die-hole stitched in place to the underside of the flap and when secured to the metal post on the bottom of the pouch, ensures a snug closure. There are silvered metal elongated clusters of leafing affixed to either end of the pouch, each with a loop and affixed to a large ring, each of the rings in turn housing a rectangular loop with rounded corners for affixing the pouch to a cross belt. The pouch is accompanied by an independent weather cover with a black leather exterior, the cover with a slotted tab where it wraps around to the reverse and attaches to the aforementioned post on the bottom of the pouch, the cover with an interior sleeve with which to slide the pouch into, the underside of the cover lined in cherry red velvet, with the image of the front of the pouch offset into the velvet. The pouch measures 195 mm (w) x 125 mm (h) x 45 mm (d) inclusive of its weather sleeve, exhibiting very light contact in the black leather of the weather sleeve, with fraying and wear evident in the maroon felt in the void of the crown on the pouch, the black wool exterior of the pouch free of mothing, intact stitching throughout, near extremely fine.