Image Lot Price Description

2199
$1,265.00

RARE MODEL 1881 CARTRIDGE BELT PLATE AND BELT. Cast brass pattern 1881 plate & catch as designed by Watervliet Arsenal. The plate measures approx 2-3/16″ wide by 3-3/8″ long and has the letters “U.S.” in a recessed oval on the face. The woven Mill’s type belt measuring approx 3″ wide is made to hold 45 rnds of 45-70 ammunition. The belt has four brass grommets arranged between the loops along the left side. CONDITION: Very good to excellent. Plate has minor surface pitting. Belt is generally very good to excellent, missing only the cloth binding on the ends of which only a fragment remains. 4-32471 DM82 (1,000-2,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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