Original British Victorian 1898 Dated Horse Hoof Brass Mounted Keepsake Box marked “SABRE” & ATBARA with Brass Padlock The Pacific on HBO Offenbach am Main

Offenbach am Main

It was was then shortened and "sporterized"

or cinder blocks

when the Vietcong constructed bunkers capable of withstanding 40mm rounds

We'll not see many like these again

Original British Victorian 1898 Dated Horse Hoof Brass Mounted Keepsake Box marked “SABRE” & ATBARA with Brass Padlock The Pacific on HBO Offenbach am MainOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Is it only Englishmen who care so much for their dogs and their horses? Here is a lovely Victorian Officer's Military keepsake box made out of his horse's hoof. It is clearly engraved on the top : 1898 "SABRE' ATBARA A fine Charger's Fore Hoof, mounted in very nicely decorated brass mounts. The Battle of ATBARA took place on April 8th 1898 in which KITCHENER's Anglo Egyptian defeated the Mahdist Sudanese army led by AMIR