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I guess we will never know for sure!

One more photo, looks like a second belt underneath

From McChristian "The US Army in the West 1870-1880"
This could be even rarer than Hazen Loops as it may be one of the belts submitted for consideration??

Close up of the belt
The nose of the bullets do not look like the 45-70 nose??

"there is no sign of the three signature (taller) wraparound belt loops, prominent in all pics of the Hazen pattern"

And you wouldn't see them as they are on the inside

Looks like a 50-70 rifle based on site location, the cartridges don't look short and fat like 50-70's ?? do they?

Tried to post these on the TD board but I didn't want to go through all the trouble of spacing etc..

Anyway here are a couple new ones, note the Hazen loops, I don't think I have seen them in a...