Pack animal trunk, used to transport the baggage of the officers of the 67th (South Hampshire) during the 2nd Afghan War, 1879 (c)

Wooden board construction, covered with stitched brown leather and lined with crimson leather; hinged lid is bound at the corners with strips of iron; the underside and bottom edge are covered with sheet metal; the leather is decorated with ornate stitching on the front; at the back are two heavy iron rings, attached by thick leather loops; fastened with a padlock impressed, ‘HOBBS & CO LONDON’;