December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
1) A militia box of the Federal era, with pine block bored for 24 rounds, with thin black leather body panels partly sewn and partly tacked to the block, a leather flap with cropped corners and edge tooling, similarly attached. [with] 2) A small "belly" box of tooled, black leather, with 6 tinned iron tubes within of pistol bore, the tooled flap with embossed decorations sewn to back of box; two vertical slits in the back of the box for attaching to a narrow waistbelt. CONDITION: 1 in fair condition, leather brittle, some losses to body at edges, the flap missing its closure hook on inside; heavy crazing to leather. 2. The belly box in very good condition overall, some edge and surface wear, but the threads holding the flap to the body are weakening and care should be taken if lifting the flap up.