Original U.S. Civil War Mann’s Patent Cartridge Box With Sling by Gaylord of Chicopee Massachusetts French Machine Guns but it is not legible

but it is not legible

- Visible grain (“hada”) in the steel of the blade

Manufactured by Reliance

above serial number 617977

Original U.S. Civil War Mann’s Patent Cartridge Box With Sling by Gaylord of Chicopee Massachusetts French Machine Guns but it is not legibleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This Civil War issue Manns Patent original leather cartridge box for rifled musket or carbine ammunition which is complete with carry strap and its unique inside finger pull metal tin. The box, a variant Civil War ammunition holder, was part of a late War government contracted order for accoutrements. The Mann box was carried by many Federal soldiers during the latter part of the Civil War. Referred to as the Manns