A British Army sterling silver cartridge box. Bent & Parker for Hawkes & Co, Piccadilly, 1876

Victorian Full Dress Officer's Belt Case, with engraved silver cover and fittings over black leather with silver bullion hinge, applied gilt metal crown with VR for Queen Victoria. Hallmarked : Birmingham 1876 Maker : Bent & Parker for Hawkes & Co, 14 Piccadilly, London. 17cm by 7cm Bent & Parker - Military ornament makers, Birmingham. Hawkes & Co - Taylors, hatters & military uniform suppliers. Establish 1771 in London, their main clients were commanders of the British Army through which King George III became a customer. They gained their first of many Royal Warrants in 1809. They eventually became Gieves & Hawkes, 1 Savile Row London.