Vintage Brown Leather Ammo Pouch

[lawrence_n]

Here's a head-scratcher. I acquired this brown leather ammo pouch and I can't figure out the country of origin. There is a name, presumably a company, stamped on the inside of the flap but I can't decipher it. Any of you good folks able to point me in the right direction and give me an idea of value?

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[jond41403]

I'm no expert by any means but the type of rivets used on your example seem to pop up on a lot of German examples of leather ammo pouches I have seen.hth

[lawrence_n]

Thank you, but I couldn't find any exemplars when I searched German ammo pouch. The configuration leads me to believe it's for single shot rifles though the centre sections could be for chargers. There is a faint stamp embossed on the inside flap that looks like "CHARTERHOUSE" OR "CHARTERHOUTE" but nothing shows up in a search for French ammo pouches. It's a headscratcher for sure.

[jond41403]

Yes I agree, I could find nothing from Germany, Belgium, France or anything that had the bullet loops on the sides of the pouch like yours has. Only thing I could find similar where the rivets used to hold The belt straps to the back of the pouch. I have even looked through first world war,Indian war and the second world war and can't find one exactly like yours. Good luck

[Flying10uk]

I expect that you'll find that it comes from a country that liked using "German style" equipment but couldn't afford the latest kit, somewhere like Turkey, Hungry, Austria, perhaps.