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Old 5th March 2021, 06:01 PM   #1
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Ι bought it from Italy!
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Ι bought it from Italy!
Personally, I think it's from somewhat further east, and is nonetheless a very fine thing to have in a collection.
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Old 6th March 2021, 05:05 PM   #3
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Personally, I think it's from somewhat further east, and is nonetheless a very fine thing to have in a collection.
i agree. The clue may be a number of quite modern looking extemporary repairs which imply it was in active use until fairly recently . Makes me think Tibet ? Here is a Chinese gentleman . Same general idea .
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Old 6th March 2021, 10:12 PM   #4
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By searching on the net i found a similar set, sold some years ago from Italy with the following description: A Musketeer's bandoleer dating: 17th Century provenance: Europe Leather belt with brass buckle; provided with a leather purse and eleven wooden flasks for powder doses, held together with leather straps. Small defects and damages. dimensions: length circa 97 cm.
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Old 6th March 2021, 10:16 PM   #5
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Old 7th March 2021, 11:09 AM   #6
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Could that be a Chinese communist party buckle ?
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Old 7th March 2021, 12:56 PM   #7
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This image Described as 18 C Europe . Buckle later
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