FEDERAL RELIC CARTRIDGE BOX AND WAIST BELT WITH POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE USE, FROM THE SHIELDS MUSEUM OF GETTYSBURG

FEDERAL RELIC CARTRIDGE BOX AND WAIST BELT WITH POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE USE, FROM THE SHIELDS MUSEUM OF GETTYSBURG

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Item Code: 1128-04

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Here we have two early relic pickups from the Gettysburg battlefield that once adorned the museum walls of Gettysburg resident Arthur Ott Shields. Mr. Shields started his museum in 1918 and filled the facility with only Gettysburg battlefield recoveries. His museum was located on the outskirts of town where Route 30 crossed McPherson’s Ridge.

The relic cartridge box is an early Federal pattern 1861 specimen that bears a Hartford, Connecticut maker’s stamp on the inner flap. The actual name is difficult to discern due to roughness of the leather surface. It reads “EV----- & SONS / MAKERS / HARTFORD CT”. We feel this cartridge box may have seen use by a Confederate soldier as the outer flap has been completely cut off or torn away from the box, a common practice among rebel infantrymen. Leather is in good but brittle condition overall but still retains its implement pouch with closure tab, both roller buckles and clasps at the box bottom, its brass ball-type finial, and the belt loops and shoulder strap loops on the backside. Box does exhibit areas of leather loss especially at the implement pouch and at the left corner of the inner flap where it appears to have been burned by fire as the leather remains are charred and scorched. Right ‘ear’ remains on the inner flap.

Also included is a 15” long section of a waist belt in black bridle leather. Stamped with small letters on the interior of the belt is “SHIELDS GETTYSBURG MUSEUM”. Belt leather is also stiff and brittle and has lost all its brass furniture (belt plate and adjuster). No shoulder strap or metal tins are with this artifact. Accompanying these Gettysburg relics is a copy of the actual Shields Museum taken sometime in the early 20th century. This is a rare chance to acquire a remarkable set of early-recovered Gettysburg battlefield relics that were once part of the post war Shield’s Museum in Gettysburg. An important addition to any Gettysburg display or artifact collection.  [ra][ph:L]

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