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PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE RECOVERED AT FREDERICKSBURG
Plate is in solid condition. There are no visible cracks or chips. The edge is complete with no missing brass. Eagle is slightly subdued by the brown dirt patina which has filled in some of the lower… (2022-1426). Learn More »
WHITE BUFF MODEL 1832 HEAVY ARTILLERY SWORD BELT WITH PLATE
White buff leather is in excellent condition. The belt is constructed in three sections which are connected by two square brass rings. Hanging from the rings is a white buff frog for a Model 1832… (766-1604). Learn More »
$1,250.00
Originally $1,500.00
US CIVIL WAR HIGH GRADE GENERAL OFFICER’S SWORD BELT
Leather belt is in excellent condition. The belt meas. approx. 1.75 inches wide and is complete with both drops and all its hardware. Both the body of the belt and the drops are decorated with three… (766-1643). Learn More »
$2,750.00
Originally $3,250.00
LARGE SIZE CLASSIC CONFEDERATE MOVABLE FORKED-TONGUE, “WISH-BONE,” FRAME BUCKLE
This is an excellent excavated example of a classic and distinctively Confederate buckle. This measures 65 by 95mm, making it one of the large size versions of this buckle illustrated in Figures… (1184-121). Learn More »
$850.00
ON HOLD
MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA
These plates, measuring 56 X 87mm, followed the standard U.S. 1839 version, but with VMM stamped in the rolled brass indicating Volunteer Militia of Maine. These were paired on equipment with the… (1184-148). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR NCO ROUND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE
These plates were introduced in 1826 for use on the bayonet shoulder belt. When the bayonet was switched to wear on the waistbelt in the early 1840s these plates with hooks were relegated to use on… (1184-136). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE GUTTER-BACK FIXED-TONGUE FRAME BUCKLE
The fixed-tongue frame buckle was simple to make, widely produced, and saw service in every theatre of the war. See both Mullinax and Keim on this pattern and its variations. In this case the simple… (1184-119). Learn More »
$700.00
ON HOLD
US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION (YORK SPRINGS, PA)
This Federal shoulder belt plate is of the regulation 1826 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a clear eagle in the center. Face has a… (2022-1849). Learn More »
GERMAN PRE-WORLD WAR TWO WEIMAR REPUBLIC BELT BUCKLE
Die struck steel, box type buckle with a nickel or silver plated finish. It features a stippled field with a central embossed imperial eagle with up-swept wings. The eagle is within a circular ribbed… (160-41). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE ENLISTEDMAN’S FRAME BUCKLE
The classic Confederate enlisted man’s belt buckle: the fixed-tongue frame buckle. Simple to make, robust, and widely produced, this was quintessential general service belt buckle of the Confederate… (1184-120). Learn More »
MAINE VOLUNTEER “VMM” BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VA
O’Donnell and Campbell date the purchase of these plates by the state of Maine between 1855 and 1861 for the Volunteer Militia of Maine, organized in 1851, and which furnished ten regiments of… (1184-144). Learn More »
MILITIA EAGLE PANEL BELT PLATE
Panel plates, so called from the use of the central rectangular panel with scalloped corners setting off a central emblem against a frame border, came in around 1835 and became very popular in the… (1184-147). Learn More »
SMALL PATTERN 1839 US PLATE WITHOUT LEAD FILL
This is made of die-struck rolled brass in the usual fashion of the M1839 plate and has a single arrow back stud and belt hook soldered in place on the reverse, a pattern of fastener well known from… (2022-2281). Learn More »
MILITIA EAGLE PANEL BELT PLATE 1855-1865
This is a pretty militia plate using an American eagle with arrows and olive branch as the central motif on the scalloped corner panel at center along with a US shield on its chest that has a single… (1184-146). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR NEW YORK MILITIA 1851 PATTERN SWORD BELT PLATE
Although evolving from the US Model 1832 general staff rectangular waist belt plates with a US in a wreath, the immediate impetus to New York’s adoption of this plate for officers and enlisted men… (1184-141). Learn More »
US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE CARTRIDGE BOX BREAST PLATE DUG A FREDERICKSBURG
The face is slightly discolored from ground action leaving a mix of dark and light patina. The face is free of cracks and bends. Eagle stamping is good but slightly subdued due to oxidation. Reverse… (2022-1423). Learn More »
RELIC STATE OF NEW YORK “SNY” BELT PLATE
This is a nice excavated SNY belt plate. Pattern 1839 belt buckle with puppy-paw hooks. Beautiful brown face with the letters “SNY” in the center. Light wear over face with smooth chocolate brown… (2022-1554). Learn More »
POST CIVIL WAR VIRGINIA TWO-PIECE SWORD BELT BUCKLE
This sword belt plate is very similar to some wartime and prewar Virginia plates, but we feel it probably postdates the war, though excavated in Orange, Virginia. The central disk with narrow edge… (1184-117). Learn More »
RELIC STATE OF NEW YORK “SNY” BELT PLATE FROM FREDERICKSBURG
This is an excavated State of New York belt plate. Pattern 1839 belt buckle with puppy-paw hooks. The letters “SNY” are in the center. Brown face with traces of green and light dirt. Likely… (2022-1337). Learn More »
SMALL “BURNSIDE” PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE FROM FREDERICKSBURG
Smaller-size eagle breast plate often called the “Burnside” breast plate and associated with troops from Maine and are often recovered with “VMM” plates. Stamped brass face is clean and smooth… (2022-1343). Learn More »
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Scarce Union Missouri cavalryman's jacket modified with Zouave style V-neck collar and custom-trimmed with bright yellow narrow cording at cuffs and on front, forming a semi-regulation rack pattern with looped cloverleaf ends. Seven-button front with… (591-04). Learn More »
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