Original Colonial Mid-Late 17th Century Powder Flask - Leather Covered Wood with Iron Fittings 20th Century The squadron's actions in this

The squadron's actions in this engagement earned it a second Distinguished Unit Citation

The metalwork has all been blued

"going over the top" and charging across no man's land into a hail of enemy fire

Comes complete with a correct steel-throated scabbard

Rear neck flap is in good shape

Original Colonial Mid-Late 17th Century Powder Flask - Leather Covered Wood with Iron Fittings 20th Century The squadron's actions in thisOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a tremendous powder flask consisting of leather covered wood with metal fixings for the cap and base of the flask, with a long piece of metal for use as a belt hanger. The construction of this piece, while not giving a clue as to the exact country of origin, does date it to around the mid late 1600s. Similar examples of the period are of similar construction, with leather covered wood surrounded by smaller