Historic Omani Bedouin Leather Cartridge Belt with Kynoch 577/450 Cartridges, Ca 1870's-1902's, #1512

$ 1,250.00

Historic Omani Bedouin Leather Cartridge Belt with Kynoch 577/450 Cartridges, Ca 1870's-1902's, #1512

Description: #1512, Historic Omani Bedouin Leather Cartridge Belt with Kynoch 577/450 Cartridges, Ca 1870's-1902's. Collected in Muscat, Oman some 45 years ago while on business to the area from an Omani Bedouin first hand. The piece is in excellent condition given its age. These were approximately 70-80 years old when I purchased them so they have seen a good bit of history. This rare piece has a heavy patina on it from the years witnessed over time. The cartridges originally had cordite as a propellant, but this was removed so they would be inert and not hazardous on my flight back to California at the time. An incredible piece of history. If it could speak, it would fill volumes.

Condition: Very good for age. The cartridge belt is complete.

Dimensions: Approximately 26" long.

The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centre fire rifle cartridge, it was the standard British service cartridge from the early 1870's that went through two changes from the original brass foil wrapped case (with 14 parts) to the drawn brass of two parts, the case and the primer. The .577/450 Martini–Henry was introduced with the Martini–Henry, in service it succeeded the .577 Snider cartridge and was used by all arms of the British armed forces as well British colonial forces throughout the British Empire until it was itself succeeded by the .303 British cartridge after unsuccessful trial of a .402 caliber [2] (Source: Wikipedia)

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