Original British Victorian 1898 Dated Horse Hoof Brass Mounted Keepsake Box marked “SABRE” & ATBARA with Brass Padlock The Pacific on HBO or cinder blocks

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Original British Victorian 1898 Dated Horse Hoof Brass Mounted Keepsake Box marked “SABRE” & ATBARA with Brass Padlock The Pacific on HBO or cinder blocksOriginal 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