One of the rarer exhibits of the museum is this leather case especially made to hold spare horseshoes and shoeing nails.It was made for the British Army, is dated 1943 and has the initials A.L.W. stamped onto the pouch used to hold the nails.
This case will now be displayed in the museum hanging from the back of a military saddle.
In the past cases to hold spare horseshoes were also carried on driving carriages in addition to specially made leather cases into which were fitted a set of farriers tools.Before acquiring this particular horseshoe case, the museum made a modern version which now hangs from the 1896 Beaufort Cart.
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