Carbine Cartridge Box / Sold

Carbine Cartridge Box - Inventory Number: LEA 223 / Sold

Fine, original example of the classic leather accoutrement carried by Federal mounted forces during the Civil War.  This specimen is constructed of strong yet supple, black bridle leather.  Box is maker-marked on the inside flap and the interior features a drilled wooden block 7½” long by 1½” wide and 2” high. Block has the capacity to hold twenty paper cartridges or twenty .52 caliber, metallic rimfire cartridges and is wrapped in leather for an outer dimension of 8” x 2” x 3¼”. An excellent example.  

Inventory Number: LEA 223 / Sold