A wooden powder box with leather covering and a pewter cap attached by strings from teh box through the cap to attach both to the bandolier. This box would take a single powder charge for a musket. An original powder box, from a private collection, said to have been found in a chimney in York.

A wooden powder box with leather covering and a pewter cap attached by strings from teh box through the cap to attach both to the bandolier. This box would take a single powder charge for a musket. An original powder box, from a private collection, said to have been found in a chimney in York.
Photo: G Foard, June 1995
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