An Infantry Mounted Officers Horse Bit - Bit464 button-spurs and a strap for attachment

and a strap for attachment to the girth

with their management in the stable and on the track

length of tread 9" (23cm)Weight : 255g (9oz )

The curved cheeks have two rein slots for the attachment of the curb rein

An Infantry Mounted Officers Horse Bit - Bit464 button-spurs and a strap for attachmentA branch cheek steel bit. It has a medium height port. The cheeks are curved, each bears a rein loop, there is no shackle bar. There is an round gilt brass cheek boss surmounted by a Queen's crown on each side of the bit. In the centre of each cheek badge there is a thistle, a rose and a shamrock, surrounding these there is a garter which reads "Infantry Mounted Officers". Dimensions : mouthpiece 12cm (4"), cheeks 19cm (8") not including rein loops