Purchased this yesterday, not because it was a vesta case but because it had a working compass on one side and the initials F.V. 18th Hussars enscribed on the other.
Now the battle starts to track down the owner.
Pieces like this really intrique me, as the owners when this was enscribed and particularly as its solid silver, would have been fairly wealthy, so one has to assume it belonged to an officer. Hopefully with V surname, easy to trace in a small Cavalry Regiment who fought at Balaclava.
I'll keep you updated if I find the original owner,
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