Canada, Dominion. A Five Pocket Bandolier, by Hugh Carson, 1928

Belt fabricated from a very thick leather, with a smooth finished brown upper and raw underside, the belt tapering from 72 mm at its widest point to 35 mm wide at its narrowest point, the belt housing five pockets riveted in place at its widest portion, each pocket in leather with smooth finished brown uppers and raw undersides, with fold over weather flaps and brass posts on their fronts to secure the flaps in place, emboss stamped on the front of the belt with the "HUGH CARSON Co Ltd OTTAWA 1928" maker mark to the right of the pockets and emboss stamped with the Canadian Broad Arrow production mark and "I 2 H B" to the left of the pockets, the underside handwritten in black ink "RCFSL" behind the pockets, stamped in black ink "LGPH" above an embossed "8", hand marked "K1303" and emboss stamped "3013" on the left side, the narrowest portion of the belt with an independent tab riveted in place with a single row of three holes for length adjustment on the right end and housing a brass buckle, the left end of the belt with a single row of twelve holes and three slots for length adjustment and housing a brass buckle and one leather slider, the two ends of the belt linked together via the use of a triangular loop, a 15 mm wide leather strap with three slots and a brass post for length adjustment suspended from the loop. Very light crazing and surface wear on the exterior, dabs of green paint along the left underside of the belt, green oxidation evident on the rivets. Near extremely fine.