Functional object - Ammunition bandolier, 1916

Historical information

This military bandolier contains pouches for the storage of live ammunition during wartime. Worn by soldiers around their waist

Significance

Manufactured and sold by Holden and Frost during the Bore War, WW1 and WW2

Physical description

Leather belt with nine pouches placed over belt. Has a buckle at end and holed other end, another buckle in middle of belt. Pouches leather with brass stud closures

Inscriptions & markings

Holden and Frost 1916

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