Spousal antique store find - Duke Premier 872 Horse Shell strop

Hi all, last weekend my wife was out of town and brought back a few shaving related prezzies. One of them was a Duke Premier 872 Horse Shell strop. I know next to nothing about strops and the search didn't return anything notable for "Duke". This is a NOS strop and has not been folded. One side is the harder leather (horse shell) and the other side is reddish and textured.

This seems like a cool find to me, is there anyone who can shed a little light on this type of strop or manufacturer?

I'll update this with pics when I get them.
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Here's a link to the picasa album of the strop pics. I'll have to sort out the gallery thing after work.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/brinon...ey=A9YPNpnLh50

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thanks!!

b.