NON-DUG “THIN LETTER” STATE OF NEW YORK BELT PLATE

NON-DUG “THIN LETTER” STATE OF NEW YORK BELT PLATE

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This is a match for O’Donnell & Campbell Plate 549 in very good condition. This has good definition to the letters and raised rims on the edge, traces of thin, faded gilt some recesses, but overall a medium brass patina with just some natural handling scratches, some age stains at left and upper left edges, and a couple of dings on one branch of the “Y” and to the edge at lower right and lower left. The arrowhead studs and fastening hook are firmly in place on the reverse. The lead solder fill back is level, smooth, silver gray in color and shows just some light handling scratches and a couple of very small and very shallow losses at the edge.

New York followed federal patterns in its plates of the 1850s and 1860s, bringing in the arrow-back style in 1863, and issuing it on accoutrements with a matching cartridge box plate. These were intended for the state’s militia, but O’Donnell and Campbell note some of this pattern have been found on late war (1864-65) sites, noting the Wilderness in particular for the matching thin-letter cartridge box plate, which likely holds true for the belt plate as well. This is a very good example. [sr] [ph:L]

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