A Victorian Military Horse Bit with Badges - Bit1004 military but could be slowly straightened

but could be slowly straightened with steam

Kohler operated from this address from 1882 to 1888

these are missing on one side

the grip is covered in finely braided black thread or possibly horsehair

It is lined in cream doeskin and has an internal partition (the doeskin is a little loose around the top of the partition

A Victorian Military Horse Bit with Badges - Bit1004 military but could be slowly straightenedThis is military pad cheek curb bit. It has a low port. It is made of steel with a dark patina. The mouthpiece is stamped "C & M 77" (possibly 1877?) "H. H." and "G & W Almond" G & W Almond are recorded in Grace's Guide : 1867 Cases of Unjust Weights and Measures included 'George and William Almond, Willow Walk, Bermondsey, currier : Eleven weightssix not stamped. Fined 2 15s' in the South London Press And from the Dundee Advertiser in 1880 'At the