Lyadunka officer of the Guards horse artillery RIA

In 1859, for all officers of the cavalry and horse artillery, both guards and army, ladders with a silver lid of a single pattern were introduced: curly, edged with stamped twisted edging, with rounded corners and a toe in the lower part. As fittings, the lid was attached: in the army cavalry, the state coat of arms was the color of the metal device, in the Guards, the silver–plated star of the Order of St. Andrew, one of the symbols of the Russian Guard. In horse artillery, the coat of arms or star was complemented by the image of gilded crossed cannons. In 1889, the rectangular body of the old-style sling, to the bottom of which the ends of the sling were fastened, was replaced with a new oval one, with rings on the side walls, to which shaped hooks were attached at the ends of the sling. The body was covered with thin black leather. Since revolvers with a metal unitary cartridge have long served as firearms for officers, paper cartridge slots have disappeared from the case, and mordants (needles for cleaning the firing hole of the pistol) have disappeared from the sling. In this form, the officers' mess existed until 1917. In the early twentieth century, in order to reduce the cost of covers and fittings, they were often made of base metals, silvered and gilded. The most rare are the Guards horse artillery rifles, in which, as of 1909, there were only 62 officers. Lyadunka underwent restoration – the leather and braid were replaced, the lid and base were genuine.