Cartridge (uniform)

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Crew cartridge of the 5th regiment of the Chevaux-Légers lancers of the army of Louis Bonaparte , the king of Holland

A cartridge (the name comes from French cartouche and means "container") was mostly used in the 17th and 18th centuries as a leather or leather-covered wood cartridge pouch for handguns worn by the military on a strap over the shoulder .

Over time, the cartridge developed especially for officers to a decorative item in which the purse or the like was stored. Small containers, for example a small metal sleeve for the broach (a simple needle with a small handle designed as an ornament on one end for cleaning or piercing the ignition hole ) or a signal whistle could be located on the cartridge strap . Both parts were with a small chain on a rosette or the like. attached and thus secured against loss. Today cartouches are still carried by the riders of the British Guard Cavalry and those of the Swedish Royal Guard (see also Bandolier ).

literature

  • Liliane Funcken u. a .: Historical uniforms. Napoleonic period, 18th and 19th centuries. Prussia, Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain, Russia (“Armées et uniformes”). Orbis-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-572-01224-4 .
  • Stefan Rest u. a. (Ed.): The emperor's rock in the 1st World War. Uniforms and equipment of the Austro-Hungarian army from 1914 to 1915 . Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-9501642-0-0 .