US Cavalry Holster for Colt Navy/Army and Ammo Pouch.

[Forester]

Hi All.

This is what they look like on a cartridge belt.

Regards Forester

[Lizardo]

The U.S. stamping, from what I understand, depended of the manufacturer. Some did it, some did not. The oval part supposedly did not come along until the Indian War period. Once again, it depended on the contractor, kinda like now, LOL.

[TinkerTailor]

If you look through some of those blueprints I posted, many of them specified the size, position and style of US marking and other stamps on the item. Most of the prints are early 1900s revisions of older designs dating much earlier. Unfortunately most of the prints are for the gear that the horse carried, not the gear the rider did however I imagine the acquisition rules were the same. These blueprints were what was given to the contractors who made the stuff to "milspec". If the item didn't match the blueprint the cheque from the govt ended up being smaller...

Edited November 8, 2016 by TinkerTailor

[CaptQuirk]

When I was a kid, I found a small oval buckle in my Uncle's basement. It was a US buckle from the civil war. I ended up with said buckle, and spent years trying to find out more about it. It is brass, and has 3 prongs.2 of the prongs held it to the belt, and one went in the adjustment hole, but it didn't match any of the belt buckles I could find. Turns out it isn't a belt buckle, but was used on a strap for crates. This has absolutely nothing to do with this topic, but I thought I'd share anyways