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CONFEDERATE TWO-PIECE “CS” SWORD BELT PLATE RECOVERED IN ORANGE, VIRGINIA
This two-piece interlocking CS belt plate corresponds to Plate 015 in Mullinax Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates (1991.) The CS letters feature rounded serifs and on the reverse the tongue bar steps… (1184-114). 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 »
CONFEDERATE SHEET BRASS BELT PLATE FROM A CS WINTER CAMP IN ORANGE, VA
This sheet brass belt plate is in great condition, was excavated from an 1863-64 Confederate winter camp in Orange, Virginia, and is published as Figure 85 in Lon Keim’s Confederate General Service… (1184-149). Learn More »
$695.00
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US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION
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 »
US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE, RECOVERED FROM WINCHESTER, G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION
This Federal belt plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern and was recovered near Winchester, Virginia. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a… (2022-1850). 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 »
GERMAN WORLD WAR TWO HITLER YOUTH BELT BUCKLE
Die struck steel, box type buckle with a nickel- or silver-plated finish. It features a smooth outer field with a central embossed Hitler Youth style national eagle with down-swept wings, clutching a… (160-43). Learn More »
$100.00
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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 »
MODEL 1855 RIFLEMAN’S BUCKLE
This is a nice example of the U.S. Model 1855 Rifleman’s buckle with one of its belt support slides, all excavated in Orange, Virginia. All have a nice, even olive-green tone on the face with a… (1184-150). Learn More »
PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE RECOVERED AT ANTIETAM
This is an excavated “eagle” plate for the shoulder strap of the infantry cartridge box. Brass face features an eagle clutching arrows and olive branch. All details of the eagle display well but a… (2022-1851). Learn More »
$300.00
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GERMAN WORLD WAR TWO LUFTWAFFE BELT BUCKLE
1940 pattern, stamped steel, box buckle, with a dark blue/black finish. The buckle features a smooth outer field with a central embossed, horizontally oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing a slightly… (160-44). Learn More »
$200.00
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CONFEDERATE OVAL CS BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA
CS ovals in any condition are scarce. This one was recovered in Orange, Va. This has the thin letter style CS and the gray remains of its lead solder fill show a brown, horizontal “Y” that is… (1184-134). Learn More »
$1,250.00
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MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA
These plates 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 smaller sized 1839 oval… (1184-143). Learn More »
$1,595.00
SOLD
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 »
CONFEDERATE WISHBONE BUCKLE RECOVERED AT FREDERICKSBURG WINTER CAMP
This brass frame buckle meas. approx. 3.75 x 2.50 inches. Across the center of the frame is a bar which holds a forked or “wishbone” style tongue that still moves freely. The brass has a mixed… (2022-1334). 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 »
VERY NICELY DECORATED WAR OF 1812 ERA AMERICAN MILITIA CARTRIDGE BOX
This cartridge box is in nice condition with belt loops, interior block, and decorative gilt bass rosette device in place on the flap, and is untouched. Best of all, the flap, front, sides and even… (2022-233). Learn More »
$595.00
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.58 CALIBER INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX BY BAKER AND MCKENNEY WITH SNY PLATE
This infantry cartridge box for the .58 caliber rifle musket follows the pattern of March 1864 and carries a New York oval SNY cartridge box plate. The pattern improved on the 1861 pattern by… (2022-1781). Learn More »
$795.00
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HALF-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF C.S. MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR AND C.S. COLONEL FRANK KINCLOCH HUGER AS WEST POINT CADETS BY JAMES EARLE McCLEES, PHILADELPHIA
This important half-plate daguerreotype comes from the collection of the late Bill Turner and shows future Confederate Major General Stephen Ramseur on the left and future Confederate artillery Colonel Frank Huger, son of CS General Benjamin Huger on… (1138-1780). Learn More »
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