Original U.S. Pre WWI Colt M1892 Revolver Ammunition Pouch Lot by Rock Island Arsenal - (3) Leather Cartridge Boxes German Edged Weapons with the date for the

with the date for the first award of a US decoration

Later in the war it became the standard pattern used by all parts of the Wehrmacht

if obsolete

one can imagine the priority the United States placed on that

so it is possibly an original buckle with new leather fitted at some point

Original U.S. Pre WWI Colt M1892 Revolver Ammunition Pouch Lot by Rock Island Arsenal - (3) Leather Cartridge Boxes German Edged Weapons with the date for theOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 3 Available. Now this is a lovely grouping of 3 leather cartridge boxes for the Colt Model 1892 in . 38 Caliber. All three pouches were made by the Rock Island Arsenal. The Colt M1892 Navy and Army was the first general issue double action revolver with a swing out cylinder used by the U. S. military. In 1892, the revolver was adopted by the United States Army chambered for . 38 Long Colt cartridges, and was given the