US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE WITH SOLDIER’S CARVING ON LEAD BACK, FOUND AT THE HISTORIC SHERFY PEACH ORCHARD AT GETTYSBURG

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Item Code: 173-4237

Nice light olive patina; plate has seen some wear along edges. Sans both iron loops on back. Has some carvings on back - letter “O”.

Found by local resident and relic hunter John Cullison, later part of the Rosensteel Family Collection, owners of the Electric Map Museum and then National Park Service Museum. [ws]

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