NON-DUG U.S. CIVIL WAR OVAL US BELT PLATE

NON-DUG U.S. CIVIL WAR OVAL US BELT PLATE

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Item Code: 2026-9346

This is the quintessential U.S. infantry belt plate of the Civil War. Developed in 1839, the die struck gilt brass face was filled with lead solder to firmly anchor the fastener, which at first was simple iron wire, but by the 1840s had changed to a brass stud and hook arrangement. This one dates 1863-1865, using the arrow-shaped fastening studs and a simplified fastening hook of flat rather than contoured brass. See O’Donnell & Campbell plates 497 and 499 for similar fasteners. The arrowhead studs and been used on some prewar, small-size oval US plates and on the larger plates like this, universal for infantry about 1858, had been used by some makers as early as 1862, an April 1863 letter by Emerson Gaylord, the prominent accouterment maker, referring to the rounded studs as the “old style,” though he himself continued using them for a time to fulfill a contract.

This has a nice bright, but unpolished brass tone to it, sharp delineation of the US letters, and excellent rim with no dents or dings. The lead solder fill on the back is gray, showing just some shallow scratches and handling marks, some of which show as white, with a couple of short deeper scratches between the points of the arrowhead studs. Please see our photos.

This is in very good condition, likely unissued.   [sr][ph:L]

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