Earliest use of brass-cantle sporrans?

[Downunder Kilt]

Kenneth, you are spot on in relation to the issue of the MoD "Culloden" cantles. though the bags for them were still being produced in 1968 (The lastest dated one I have seen) There were four models of the cantle, Mkl with steel rivets as the dimples on the front with a steel spring and hook locking mechanism which required the knob on top of the cantle to be pulled up. Mkll with the pressed brass dimples on the front and the push down locking mechanism, MKlll that was a silver plated MKll and MKlV which was made of thinner brass and had smaller dimples that the MKll. The newest one I have seen was a MKlV cantle with a bag dated 1968 that was in unworn, unblancoed condition.