NAM.1957-12-62-3

Brown leather pistol holster, 1916 (c) Owned by Ali Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, against whom an expedition was sent during World War One (1914-1918), 1916. Associated with Brig Gen P J V Kelly, 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars, commander of the expedition, under orders of Sir Reginald Wingate. Pear shaped and adorned with dotted and linear tooling, and cross-hatching; embroidered on the outside with ornate, abstract and multi-coloured woollen embroidery; on the top edge is an ammunition pouch consisting of eleven cartridge loops, lined in scarlet serge. Associated with World War One, Darfur (1916).

World War One, Darfur (1916)