Original British 1898 Battle of Omdurman 21st Lancers Named Horse Hoof Silver Candlestick MP 34 readily adaptable for all weather

readily adaptable for all weather field use or mobile and fixed base military shelter operations

The goggle photographed here was treated with an oil based restoration solution that greatly added in returning both the celluloid lens and rubber frame to a more pliable condition

The MG itself has a supporting frame to hold it stationary whilst being transported

just larger than a foot square

and the other one by the Cavalry

Original British 1898 Battle of Omdurman 21st Lancers Named Horse Hoof Silver Candlestick MP 34 readily adaptable for all weatherOriginal Item: One of a kind. In 1898 the 21st Lancers served in Sudan during the Mahdist War, as the only British cavalry unit involved. It was there that the full regiment charged with lances in the classic cavalry style during the Battle of Omdurman in September 1898. Of less than 400 men involved in the charge 70 were killed and wounded and the regiment won three Victoria Crosses. These three were Private Thomas Byrne, Lieutenant Raymond de