Context (Acquisition Details)
Object found in archive, 2010. Bequeathed by Joan Mullaly in 1981.
Event Date 1981
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A leather satchel with three straps in a red colour, doubled layered with two internal pockets.
Event Date 2010
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Red leather satchel, with attached three straps in red. The bag is doubled layered with two internal pockets. The flaps are secured with gold coloured studs, which the slits on the straps affix onto. The straps are decorated with wire, possibly ?gold. The reverse of the satchel has an embossed insignia in red and gold with the letters 'VR' visible below a crown.
Event Date 11/6/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Sabretache. Satchel of red Russia leather worn by officers in the British cavalry or horse artillery. Flat, with three straps, double layered with two internal pockets. Bears a gilt badge of the crowned Royal cypher of Queen Victoria, VR.
Event Date 31/10/2025
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (Field collection)
Recorded as donated by Mrs Joan Mullaly, widow of Captain John Clive Doveton Mullaly (1891-1977). It is likely to have belonged to either Captain Mullaly or his father Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Mullaly. Both men were born in India were infantry officers. This object is thus unlikely to have been part of either man's uniform.
Event Date 31/10/2025
Author: Mark Elliott