US MODEL 1886 MILLS CARTRIDGE BELT BUCKLE

US MODEL 1886 MILLS CARTRIDGE BELT BUCKLE

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Item Code: 172-6098

This H-shaped, heavy, cast belt plate was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1886 and used on what is sometimes called the “loose-loop” belt, which has woven cartridge loops and ends that are secured to the belt plate using two brass-wire loops at each end.

The belt and plate were used by the regular army in the late Indian War period. The regular army phased out the plate in 1894, but it continued in wide use among many of the state troops called into service in the Spanish-American War and is often seen in period photographs taken in Cuba and the Philippines.

This has the bold “US” within an oval in the center of the belt plate. Light surface wear and great mellow patina.   [jet][ph:L]

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