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This hussar style uniform was adopted in 1841 and has remained in use practically unchanged until today.
From ca. 1914 until 1950 only the officers uniform and some parts of the other ranks uniform were retained in use. In 1963 the full uniform was reintroduced as a ceremonial dress.
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I don't think its a M1805 either.

You could check something though. From Dutch sources its clear that the M1805 has two-piece arches with dovetail connection. If your saddle has arches made from a single piece of wood, it's definitely not M1805.

Perhaps the writer simply assumed that the girth of the Original hussar saddle was configured the same way as the 1859 pattern. That would mean however that he never saw one, or at the least never saw a complete one.

Recently I found a contract for saddle fittings for the Light Dragoon Regiment. The Girths were listed as having 4 buckles each.

As it's extremely unlikely that they would all have been on one side, this would mean that the girth of the British Hussar saddle would have had 2 buckles at each end ...

There was even more attached to the front spoon, not just the breastplate.

The holsters each had a braided strap, that had a loop, that buckled over the spoon. Then there was the carbine shoe-strap and but strap, and on British saddles the greatcoat strap.

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The breastplate has a long and a short shoulder strap, that buckle together, the long end was looped around the front spoon . The connection point of the 3 strap is covered by a heart shaped piece of leather.

The holsters were looped to the front spoon , the lower ends held by rings on the ...

The saddle adopted by the Dutch light cavalry in 1824 had arcs of beech root and sideboards of ash.
The 1819 saddle had had arches of elmwood made of one piece. These tended to break because by cutting the hollow the grain was cut. In 1824 it was commented that elmwood could only be used when the ...

Anulf wrote:Just curious,...what wood was used in these saddles?

For the saddle in the Royal Armouries or for the real British M1805 saddle?

Thanks for putting up those photos, Tony. Useful...they show a little more detail than the photos in Major Tylden's book.
Yes indeed: thanks

And the details do confirm my identification, such as the iron ring on the wolf (seat). This serves to hold the rolled greatcoat together with the center ...

Too bad.

Perhaps you can help me with something else: another victim of my computer crash was an article in the cavalry journal about the development of British saddlery. It was posted/hosted by someone on this forum, but is no longer extant on the net. Perhaps you have a copy thereof?

You're welcome.

Do you by any chance have a photograph of the saddle in question? The one I posted got lost in a Computer crash and is no longer on the Net.

Hello People,

I'm the one who stated that the Saddle in the Royal Armouries is a Dutch Pattern. I joined to let you know that I now have posted scans of drawings on the Napoleon Series forum.

Gr. Rob

On second thought, I can just as well post them here:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5335 ...