Zouave powder (peace) rifle flask

Creator

Identifier

BD0022-Powderflask

Files

Creation Date

1846

Disciplines

Latin American History | Military History

Description

The brass powder Zouave flask depicts the federal eagle and a scene with twenty-six stars encircling two shaking hands. Along the bottom of the flask is the US shield with assorted weapons and horn instruments. "A powder flask was kept handy if a soldier ran out of cartridges."

Physical Description

.JPG,1 Photograph, 5.03 MB

Recommended Citation

Museums of Port Isabel Collection, UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/portisabel