December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
An early 19th century "belly" cartridge made entirely of tinned iron, bearing traces of two, gold-painted, 8-point stars in front. Its lid has a rolled edge and is secured to the body proper by pairs of interlocked wire loops soldered to the backs of lid and body and the ends. There are two tinned iron loops vertically attached to the back, capable of accommodating a waistbelt up to 2 3/4 inches broad.There are 20 tubes, each 3 1/8 in. H and of 13/16 in. diameter, arranged in two rows. The box is 9 7/8 in. long along the outer curve and 7 3/4 in. along the inner, the sides 1 1/2 in. W; the box is 3 3/4 inches H and the lid overlaps by 17/32 in. Governor William Henry Harrison, experience in frontier warfare earlier as an officer in Wayne's Legion, advocated the use of such tin cartridge boxes for the mounted riflemen of the Indiana and Kentucky militia prior to the Tippecanoe campaign of 1811.