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25th July 14, 02:23 AM
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OLD sporran how old ?
hi All I was wondering if anyone might know how old this sporran is ? It's a nice aussie military sporran .I bought last week for a display but I'm unsure of it's age. I was told ww2 by one person and another believes it pre dates 1939 . any help would be great
thanks
matty 
    
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25th July 14, 02:55 AM
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I have 1 in a similar horse hair dated 1926 and the back looks the same as yours
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25th July 14, 03:50 AM
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cheers mate where is it dated on the sporran or written on ?
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25th July 14, 03:52 AM
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would love to see a picture of it
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25th July 14, 04:25 AM
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From doing some research I found some information on this site http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11950/ I think this may answer all your questions MT. In short, I think the sporran is from around the late 1930's. The "S" in the Battalion indentification probably means support, as in, the soldier was in D Company Support, not unusual for bandsmen
Last edited by Downunder Kilt; 25th July 14 at 05:17 AM.
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25th July 14, 04:51 AM
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Its the large one on the left the other child one is all so very old may be 30's 40's but has no date stamp on it but the large one on the left is date stamped 1926 on the back under the makers name
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25th July 14, 06:44 AM
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very nice sporran norbo that childs one is great too . and thanks for the link downunder kilt much appreciated
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