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I really should trawl through the ephemera folders. Thanks for crossing a few over to other topics.

'The Dundonald galloping carriage
Taken with him by Lord Dundonald on his dashj across the Tegula'

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...-jack?start=60#93411

Silver cigarette case with oval enamel of a soldier firing a maxim mounted on a Dundonald Galloping Carriage. With hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, and maker's mark: "R.Bs" (Rolason Brothers). 64 x 87mm.
Lord Dundonald's Galloping Carriage for Maxim Guns was trialled in 1898. However, this 1899 case clearly shows the carriage in use in a South African setting, with kopjes in the distance. The soldier firing the maxim may be a likeness of Lord Dundonald himself.



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The OVSAC monographs ( www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/1...280-ovsac-monographs ) contain three documents relevant to this thread:

16. British infantry ammunition pouches in South Africa, 1795-1871
20. Boer War ammunition bandoliers - part 1
21. Boer War ammunition bandoliers - part 2