Featured Asian Saddle Bag

Good evening
I found this last week in a charity shop. It is labled as a mid 1800's Asian Saddle bag. I am not sure if it is that old or if it is Asian. Could it be some type of Masonic or American war emblem on it?
Any help would be appreciated.
Groete
Jannie

 

Interesting-Looks like you may have gotten half of it ? Let's ask @Any Jewelry

 

What does the plaque say? I can read "Asian Saddlebag" below. What is written above?

Debora

 

Mid 1800s
Mikey

 

the swastika is an interesting touch.......

 

Not something I recognize.
Maybe East Asian military? And possibly a saddle blanket or covering rather than a saddle bag?

 

i'm struggling with it as an asian 'made' item
i'd think something very uniquely made and personal
still can't make out what the image is supposed to be
definitely get a military vibe though

 

i see the bottom of a skier descending beneath a sun while at the same time knitting a swastica

 

As you do.

 

In what part of the world was the "charity shop"?

Debora

 

Jannie lives in South Africa.

 

Ah, thank you.

Debora

 

I see, among other imagery, crossed canons and laurel leaves.

Debora

 

Maybe the synchronized Nazi Ski Team (or Ice Dancing ?)

 

The Nazi swastika turned the other way, and it rested on one 'elbow'.

 

Turned that way wouldn't it be a Hopi symbol?

Mikey

 

Either way it would be a symbol in many cultures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#

 

-sorry AJ,lame joke.'Springtime for Hitler' Winter Edition

 

Just for the fun of it, I flipped it laterally. I see a pair of hands holding a ribbon or cord, and the letters M. G.
Beyond that, from the overall shape, it looks like 1/2 of a small shabrack.

 

What a wonderful new word Frank-Shabrack!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabrack