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USN MARKED CAP BOX FOR USE WITH METALLIC PISTOL CARTRIDGES
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Item Code: 2024-1695
The U.S. Navy acquired several thousand surplus US Army Civil War cap boxes in 1869 for alteration into pistol cartridge boxes for the metallic cartridges used in its Model 1866 Remington single-shot pistols and they remained in service for use with other USN metallic cartridge pistols until introduction of a new pattern box in 1889. This adaptation of the Civil War cap box thus anticipated by several years the army’s similar modification of them for pistol cartridges in the 1870s. Until that point the Navy had used pockets attached to the cartridge box or, in some cases, to the holster. Unlike the later Army modification, the Navy modification was fairly simple, simply involving removal of the fleece from inside the box and the application of a “U.S.N.” stamp to the outer flap.
This is a very good example with belt loops and inner flap with side ears still in place, and showing part of the wartime army contractor’s stamp on the lower edge of the inner flap and the U.S. Ordnance Department sub-inspector’s stamp on the latch tab. The finish is very good, showing just typical crazing to the surface of the outer flap from age and flexing, with a couple of small flaked spots or rubs, mostly on the latch tab. It has not been polished or treated with preservatives or leather dressing. It shows some slight natural oxidation toward brown. [SR][ph:L]
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