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Featured Products
Cartridge Box (Pouch) pattern 1859 w/Shoulder Belt, Rank & File, Infantry
Pouch, ammunition with a receptical for a nipple wrench in the inside flap.
Comes in two models, Privates and Sergeants which has the Cap pouch attached to the front. Cartridge box is Hand Stitched & comes with the shoulder strap but no Tin Insert. On ordering, please email Shoulder Strap length & colour required, white or black.
New Addition
This Cartridge Box now offered as machine stitched with shoulder strap, Tin Insert and the Sergeants Box with Cap Pouch attached. SKU CB2d-3 (Privates) & CB2d-4 (Sergeants)
Expense Pouch Pattern 1859 (CSA Pattern 1860)
Expense Pouch Pattern 1859 (CSA Pattern 1860)
Described as "a ball bag, carrying 10 rounds, with oil bottle and rag", to be used as an expense pouch" LOC 371 of 1861 describes it as "Ball bag, buff (or black) with broad flap painted inside.
It was descibed as pattern 1861 by the CSA". It was worn on the belt.
Refer Soldiers' Accoutrements of the British Army 1750 - 1900, Page 49 (Item 4)
ISBN 10 1 86126 883 1
These are offered in two variations, Hand sewn and Machine stitched. Both of superior manufacture.
Broad Arrow W/I\D and Makers Marked, regiment on request. CSA Charleston & Selma Arsernal also on request.
Cap Pocket (Pouch) Pattern 1857. Machine Stitched
Cap Pockets (Pouch) we issued to all riflemen from 1857 to carry musket caps. Worn on the shoulder belt on the chest. The Pat.1857 was larger than the Pat.54 ' Withdrawn when snider rifles were issued in the mid 1860's. Available in White or Black ;
Specials & Seconds
Pattern 1882 Valise Equipment all "MADE TO ORDER"
Waterbottle, Wood, Pat. 1854 General Service
Waterbottle, Wood, Pat. 1854 General Service.
Originally issued as Camp Equipment. These reproduction water bottles are patterned on contemporary original water bottles and marked BO or WD to your choice. Painted and can have your regiment No. Painted in white. A brown leather strap with brass buckle, 78" included.
Available both painted or "in the white" as illustrated.
Valise Equipment Pat. 1882 ***** MADE To ORDER *****
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Valise Equipment 1882, Infantry and All other Dismounted Services.
WB4 Waist Belt, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882
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- Waist Belt, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882
- Pouch Ammunition, Pat. 1882, 40rds, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882
- Braces & Straps, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882, Pr.
- Bayonet Frog, Infantry Pat.1866
- Straps Valise & Mess Tin Pat. 1882
- Straps Great Coat & Mess Tin Pat. 1882
Colours available:
Buff Leather, chalk whitened on request (Out of Stock)
Whitened Buff, Russet vege tanned leather
Stained Black, Brown or Tan. (NZ contingent issued Tan)
Please email with order, colour, waist size etc. See attached measurement chart.
Custom Made to Order - Lead time: 2 weeks
BF4 Bayonet Frog, Infantry Pat.1866, 1890 & 1899
BF4 Bayonet Frog, Infantry Pat.1866, 1890 & 1899
There are three Bayonet Frogs covering this period.
- WB4a Waist Belt, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882 w/Snake Buckle
This was issued with Valise Equipment 1882
- BF4b Bayonet Frog, General Service, Mk1, Pat. 1890
- BF4c Bayonet Frog, General Service, MkII, Pat. 1899
These was issued with Valise Equipment 1888 (Slade Wallace) and also with Pre War 1903 Pattern equipment.
Waist Belt, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882
Waist Belt, Valise Equipment Pat. 1882 are offered with two buckle options.
- Snake buckle and
- Victorian Union locket
- Also a plain belt with no buckle should you have your own.
These buckles are reproductions from an original. The union locket was cast from an original and shows a small amount of ware on the lion and crown.
The belts have been made using vege tanned russet leather to original specifications and chalk whitened.
Also on offer are Elizabethan * 65th Regiment Lockets. Please Email for this variation.
Straps Valise & Greatcoat Pr.
Straps to attach the Valise & Greatcoat to the waist belt Pr.
- SV4a Strap Valise, buckled together and passed around the Valise and Mess Tin (Pr)
- SV4b Strap Greatcoat, around the belt and Greatcoat. (Pr)/ In this configuration, SV4b The belt was passed through the straps and around the great coat & mess tin.
Braces & Straps, Valise Equipment 1882, Pr
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Braces & Straps Rank & File, Infantry. (Except for Staff Sergeants who continued to use Pattern 1870 Valise Equipment)
Braces designed to carry the load on the shoulders and not the belt. Issued as a Pair, left and right. Found in several buckle variations. This variation was worn by the New Zealand Contingent.
Pouch Ammunition, Pat. 1882, 40rds
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Pouch Ammunition, Pat. 1882, 40rds (Sold as EACH) in string tied packets/10 or loose ammunition
Could be worn in both one & Two pouch variations. Single pouch attached to brace with Chape attached to belt. The case of the ammo pouch is shaped by way of a dart each side and tunnel stitched. The pouch has an internal guard to prevent ammo loss.
Available in Whitened Buff, Brown, Tan or Black. Please email preference.
Made To Order... Lead Time two weeks
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