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Cartridge Pouch (ACC-011) Price: SOLD OUT
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This 60-round cartridge pouch is copied from an original in the Toronto Historical Board's reserve collection along with information on surviving examples in other collections. As with our other products, attention to detail is key in reproducing this item. The pouch flap is rough-side-out and the tab has been blind stitched. The flap is dyed black on both sides like the original and this is typical of other 19th century pouches. In fact the original also shows signs of being heavily polished on the inside of the flap. The appropriate tin trays are included in the price, and the appropriate leather button for closing the flap is also present. The pouch is hand stitched with blackened waxed thread, and has hand-cut iron buckles. It is simply a beautiful replica.
Please note: Contrary to popular belief, this famous pouch did not have a wood block and tin tray.
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If you recreate a British infantryman or Rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars or the War of 1812, this pouch is required. Through detailed studies of Regimental Inspection Returns, it has been uncovered that this pouch, approved in 1804, was almost universally used by British units at home or serving in Europe by 1809-1810. For regiments in the colonies or other stations such as the Cape of Good Hope, it took as late as 1812 to outfit everyone with the new pouch. In the War of 1812, when the new pouches arrived, the regiment's old ones were sent to auction or sold through the newspaper ads, presumably purchased by volunteer units.
What was interesting about the 60 round pouch, was that cartridges became issued in packs of 10 opposed to packs of 12. In the pouch 4 packs (40 cartridges) were put in upright in the upper tin tray's slot, while 2 packs were laid flat in the compartments of the lower tray. Having 40 cartridges ready to the soldier must have improved the continued fire power of the British, as compared to the earlier pouch which had only 18 available, prior to the block being flipped. Once the soldier was out, his file partner assisted the soldier in cycling the remaining two packs from the lower tray into the upper one. Likely because of the leather shrinking around the trays, the upper/lower tray system was abandoned in the 1817. The model that year was a deeper design where all 60 rounds were upright and ready for action.
When the 1817 pattern was slowly introduced, the 1804 ones were surplused and many of them, along with a great variety of other equipment, ended up in the Mexican Army in the 1830s. In addition, during the Napoleonic Wars, Britain supplied shiploads of infantry equipment to her allies in Europe. It is presumed that this pouch would have been amongst these supplies and found its way into the armies of Prussia, Spain, Portugal, and so on.
1804 Cartridge Pouch (ACC-011) SOLD OUT
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