TWO-PIECE MILITIA BUCKLE ON BELT

TWO-PIECE MILITIA BUCKLE ON BELT

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Item Code: 1000-605

Elaborate design featuring an eagle in the center. Two-piece, tongue and wreath style buckle of cast brass and gilted.  Pre-Civil War design that continued to be used through the war.

Leather belt is in fine condition. Belt has an overall length of about 44” and is 1 ¾” wide. A brass adjuster buckle and two floating belt loops are present.

An excellent example of a pre-war militia belt and buckle. Reference O’Donnell & Campbell, Plate 329 on page 216.   [jet]

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