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Matchlock · 17th March 2014, 12:55 PM

More of my Emden bandeliers.

The measurements and data of an average Emden musketeer's bandelier are:

overall length of belt: ca. 120 cm
width of belt: 5 cm
smooth upper side tooled with parallel lines and dyed with a black lacquer, underside rough and brown
10 powder measures made of oakwood, 14 x 3.5 cm, suspended on twisted round and blackened leather strings
weight ca. 700-800 g.

I also attached two close-ups of the leaden flask on one of the bandeliers.

Finally there are some photos of extremely rare and well-made Swedish bandeliers, ca. 1620, the belt consisting of seal skin.

17th March 2014, 12:55 PM	#11
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	More of my Emden bandeliers. The measurements and data of an average Emden musketeer's bandelier are: overall length of belt: ca. 120 cm width of belt: 5 cm smooth upper side tooled with parallel lines and dyed with a black lacquer, underside rough and brown 10 powder measures made of oakwood, 14 x 3.5 cm, suspended on twisted round and blackened leather strings weight ca. 700-800 g. I also attached two close-ups of the leaden flask on one of the bandeliers. Finally there are some photos of extremely rare and well-made Swedish bandeliers, ca. 1620, the belt consisting of seal skin. Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 17th March 2014 at 06:59 PM.