Help dating an amazing beaded reticule / handbag. 1920s?

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Hello all! I am after some help wit this bag that i would call a reticule ( i hope this is right term). This acutally belongs to a friend of mine, which was purchased i believe along with other "old things". Initially i believed this was 1920s, although i am now starting to think it might be earlier. So yes, I am wondering what other's think as to the date. It really is in great condition too!

PLEASE REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR IMAGES OR SHOW AS THUMBNAILS. THANK YOU.
 
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Woops. Here are the images of the bag. They were too large before my sincerest apologies to anyone who tried to look before
 
I am no purse expert by a long shot, but micro bead drawstring purses were big in the Teens. And that sure looks like a WWI officer on horseback.

Hollis
 
I agree it could be 'Teens era or a bit earlier Edwardian. I think it has a Heraldic motif, the man is a knight on horseback with a banner. The checkerboard pattern was very popular during that time also, very early Teens era.
 
I definetly thought it was a knight upon first sight, such a cool design! and my research brain would so be telling me to look up that flag design, just in case it was a real one, of course it could be nonsense, a simple design easy to do in beadwork, on the other hand it could be a family's colours?
(P.S. if you could turn the first photo around, it would really help with viewing!)
 
Just taken another photo and added it to the original message. It was because i shot it at a weird angle and when i rotated it, the image distorted. I'll look up the flag design..i in amongst 100 or so items of vintage I'm currently sorting through this was the one thing that stumped me.

The design deffo is a knight too, yes : ) It was the checkerboard design that had initally made me think it might be earlier than 20s actually...
 
Spent a good hour this morning researching the flag, unfortunately to no avail. Problem i think with it being a green flag, and in my attempts to search it i was just getting up more and more search results relating to green flag breakdown. Oh well! It was worth a try :)
 
From http://www.standrewsdayrally.com/saltire.html

The Saltire is so-called because its cross resembles the simplest form of horse jump of crossed poles, and comes from the French, "sauteur". Divinely inspired or not, records show the Saltire in regular use by the 14th century, although not always against a blue background....
Other references exist from this period (the 14th century) to saltires on fields other than blue - the Douglas Standard carried at Otterburn in 1388 included a saltire on a sage green background - sometimes reflected in certain flags seen at a particular football ground in Scotland!
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