Medals and Coins, Arms and Armour - 22 Jun 2021
An iron sword belt hook
An iron sword belt hook, of cossack type, triangular belt plate with scalloped border and pierced decoration, long upright hook with bud terminal and interrupted by a slotted square-section detail; together with a flint knapping hammer of similar style, slim crescent-shaped head, two-stage handle pierced with slots and flared chisel-like terminal, linked by two loose rings to an iron spike, Turkish or West/Central Asian; also with a set of eight Turkish gunpowder cartridges, wooden, with turned tops and elegantly tapering spouts, fabric stoppers retained by leather straps, in a leather pouch with eight fitted compartments; and a pomegranate shaped powder flask, embossed leather over wood, iron spout with sliding wooden shutter, associated iron belt loop. [4]