Would it be worth owning this Civil War Cartridge Box ?

drm2m

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Location
Quebec
These photos were taken back in 2010.
This was (is still) owned by a militaria dealer in Canada that does not deal (or know about) CW stuff.
My question ---what is it worth---and does it look legit?
(I am not interested in the cartridges---he can keep them.)
Is it a cartridge box or cartridge pouch?

Thanks for any help.

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All I have to say on this, make darn sure it's authentic. There is lots of old reenactor gear out there and some reenactors like to "defarb" their stuff to make it as authentic as possible.
 
Look right as rain to me as Dingee partnered with Lorigan in 1863 but it does appear to have slits for the US plate and is not embossed US. Let see what our uniform guru has to say paging @Package4
 
Package4--the dimensions are 7 1/2" across by 6 1/4 " deep.

I don't have many leather pieces in my CW collection---they were slowly added over the years.
(Remember---I am in Canada.)

Acquired
Feb 1990 -Oct 1997.

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Feb 1990 with the purchase of a NM1863 Sharps (conversion) carbine.

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March 5 2005. (The holster)

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Very Nice leather. The US plate is not original to that pistol box.
 
Package4--the dimensions are 7 1/2" across by 6 1/4 " deep.

I don't have many leather pieces in my CW collection---they were slowly added over the years.
(Remember---I am in Canada.)

Acquired
Feb 1990 -Oct 1997.

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Feb 1990 with the purchase of a NM1863 Sharps (conversion) carbine.

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March 5 2005. (The holster)

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Sorry, I missed this, I believe you have not a pistol box, but a very early M1861 carbine box. There is a misconception that these boxes were for the M1855 pistol, when in fact they were simply carbine boxes, that had a very short lifespan as the more easily recognized specimens came on board. The newer boxes were more readily accessed than their predecessors. When brought before the ordinance board for a separate box for the M1855, it was shot down as there was a need to standardize.

The solution was to put buff leather in the M1857/61 tins so that the smaller cartridges were more easily accessible.
 
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