Elegant military uniform of the Russian cavalry of the 19th century with many decorative elements gave the hussars a unique and bright appearance. The kit of hussar ammunition included, among other things, cartouche, which was worn both by officers and lower ranks of cavalry. It received wide distribution in the 14th century. Cartouche was first intended to store gunpowder and later ammunition for small arms (carbine, musketone, pistol, revolver). It was made of metal for hermetic storage of gunpowder, later of leather.
This element of equipment and decoration of military uniforms consisted of a small box-shaped leather bag. The officers of the cover of such bags were metal, silvered or gilded with the image of an eagle. The cartouche was worn on the back on a sling - a belt-pantaler - over his left shoulder. Before firing the carbine or musketone was uncoupled from the sling, and the ladon was moved forward onto the chest. On the panther there were fastenings on thin chains for two treaters, copper and steel, which were needles to clean the seed hole of small arms.
The exposition of the Museum of Local Lore presents a lad for the lower ranks of the guards cavalry of the time of Alexander I. It is made of black leather, on the front side is a round copper plate with an emblem in the shape of an eight-pointed St. Andrew's star in the center is a sign in the form of a two-headed eagle and the inscription “For faith and fidelity". The cartouche was transferred to the Museum of Local Lore by the Kobrin Military History Museum of Suvorov in 1987.
