Original Item: Well we got a very limited quantity of these from a recent Government Sale
The helmet silhouette often referred to as a "comb" top and bears the County Warwickshire plate with cipher of a bear chained to a post referencing medieval bear baiting
he was wounded in Germany
It has long sleeves but does not have any pockets
photographed during an exercise with a 24-pounder gun in Fort Corcoran near Arlington Heights
Original U.S. Civil War Federal Issue .44 Caliber Pistol Cartridge Box by J. Davy & Co. of Newark, New Jersey Rear Sight Assembly Original Item: Well we gotOriginal Item: Only One Available. US Infantry accouterments from 1839 1851, specifically Frogs on Bayonet Scabbards, Waist Belts and Cartridge Box Slings, were made from White Buff Leather. Buff leather is leather that has been whitened through a complex, expensive and time consuming chemical process. In 1851, the US Ordnance Dept. changed the leather used in these items to "Buff Leather, Blacked." Hence, all existing accouterments in the US Arsenals