From the style of the stamped brass cannons and the buckle on the rear of the belt we believe this to be a French piece. The belt meas. approx. 2.00 inches wide. The leather is in good condition with just the slightest crazing to the surface. Sewn to the underside is brown velvet. In some areas the stitching holding the velvet to the belt is rotted away causing small sections to hang loose.

Attached to the belt is a small brass framed box that meas. approx. 6.00 x 4.00 inches with a stamped brass crossed cannon insignia attached to the outer flap. The box has a broken latch tab. Each side of the box is brass with a Lion head at top to which the hooks of the belt are attached. Also attached to the belt is a brass shield with a stamped brass crossed cannon insignia fastened to its face. Above this is a stamped brass bursting bomb insignia. Between this and the shield hang two picks that are shaped like arrows. The chain of each is attached to the bursting bomb insignia while the picks themselves are housed in small tubes behind the shield. There is a distance of approx. 8.00 inches between the top of the shield and the bottom of the bursting bomb. Around toward the back of the belt there is a heavy brass adjuster buckle, keeper and “bat wing.”