Russian Dragoon query

[old smokie]

anyone tell me what this is on this Russian dragoon,  it's boxy shaped with a blob on the top below the carbine

http://s984.photobucket.com/user/oldsmokie/media/2Nap%20russian%20dragoon.png.html

TIA

[Leman]

Picketing post strapped under a carbine?

[Hertsblue]

Yep, I'd go along with that - a post to tether the horse to in camp. The blob above it is the lock of the carbine.

[jambo1]

Can't add anything to this but just to say it is a cracking looking figure.