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CONFEDERATE LAUREL WREATH KEEPER FROM TWO-PIECE INTERLOCKING CS BELT PLATE
This is a good example of the wreath portion of the quintessential Confederate sword belt plate. This is an excavated example showing a pleasing olive-green patina mixed with some light brown in… (915-21). Learn More »
$395.00
SOLD
EXCELLENT CONDITION TENNESSEE RECOVERED CONFEDERATE WISHBONE FRAME BUCKLE
One of the most distinctive Confederate belt buckles is the forked-tongue or wishbone frame style, so named from the shape of the movable tongue mounted on the center bar. The buckle is simple,… (1285-02). Learn More »
$750.00
SOLD
U.S. M1861 INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND PLATES
This leather box is for carrying an infantryman’s supply of .58 caliber rifle musket cartridges. The large outer flap remains soft and flexible with good finish overall; there is one small… (1268-219C). Learn More »
ALLEGHENY ARSENAL MODEL 1851 WAIST BELT & BUCKLE WITH ARTILLERY SHORT SWORD FROG
This is a very nice Civil War artilleryman’s waist belt and buckle with a frog for the 1832 short artillery sword that shows actual use. The cast brass eagle buckle has a three-piece applied German… (1286-611). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR OFFICER’S SWORD BELT WITH BELT BUCKLE AND STRAPS
This is an officer’s sword belt rig in good condition. Belt is constructed of folded leather that is stitched. Nice double-line stitching along outer edges on the belt. Belt leather measures… (1268-274). Learn More »
MINTY LIGHT ARTILLERY M1851 BUFF LEATHER SWORD BELT
This unissued, buff leather, Model-1851 sword belt comes complete with sword hangers and all matching brass hardware. This “artillery” belt was never intended to have the shoulder strap. The belt… (1268-609). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE OFFICER’S BELT WITH TWO-PIECE VIRGINIA PLATE AND DRAGOON REVOLVER HOLSTER
The belt plate is a Viriginia two-piece interlocking plate of very good quality. Belt loops for tongue and wreath are plain, slightly beveled. The wreath is a laurel wreath with berries, secured with… (1283-03). Learn More »
U.S. MODEL 1851 SWORD BELT PLATE MARKED ALLEGHENY ARSENAL
This is a scarce and early-war or prewar example of a U.S. Allegheny Arsenal marked enlisted man’s sword belt plate. The pattern was regulation for cavalrymen, artillerymen armed with the saber or… (1268-393). Learn More »
US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE WITH BELT
This non-excavated Federal belt plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a clear “US”. Face shows only… (1268-219). Learn More »
$475.00
ON HOLD
VERY SCARCE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT WITH VIRGINIA BUCKLE
This buff leather, Model-1851 sword belt comes complete with sword hangers (one detached but present), all brass hardware, and a very fine Virginia State Seal belt plate. No shoulder strap… (1268-357). Learn More »
M1851 BUFF LEATHER SWORD BELT -- COMPLETE
This buff leather, Model-1851 sword belt comes complete with sword hangers, shoulder attachment (Sam Brown strap), and all matching brass hardware. The belt shows some evidence of use with a "rubbed"… (1268-756). Learn More »
1852 PATTERN USN OFFICER’S BELT PLATE OF HENRY CLAY COCHRANE: AS A USMC 2nd LIEUTENANT HE ACCOMPANIED LINCOLN TO GETTYSBURG IN 1863 & WROTE ABOUT IT
This grouping comes with a 1995 letter indicating they were among items purchased at a moving sale held in Alexandria, VA, in 1993 by a member of the Cochrane family, a sale that included items… (10-2042). Learn More »
VERY RARE, CIVIL WAR MARYLAND SWORD BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT, NON-DUG CONDITION
Presented here is a rare, early brass rectangular belt plate worn by Maryland volunteers during the Civil War. Prior to the war, many of the state’s volunteer militia units contracted with the… (2025-240). Learn More »
$4,250.00
ON HOLD
VIRGINIA OFFICER’S BELT PLATE REMOVED FROM THE BODY OF COL. JAMES G. HODGES, 14th VIRGINIA, KILLED IN PICKETT’S CHARGE, WITH HIS COLONEL’S STARS- THE PLATE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW IN 1903!
This historic group includes the Virginia Confederate officer’s sword belt plate removed from the body of Colonel James Gregory Hodges, 14th Virginia, Armistead’s brigade, killed at the stone wall… (846-563). Learn More »
P1851 NCO SWORD BELT WITH SHOULDER STRAP – W. KINSEY MAKER MARKED
This is a non-commissioned officer’s sword belt in good condition. Belt is constructed of heavy buff leather that has given to a deep brown color throughout. As it is currently configured, the belt… (2025-197). Learn More »
US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE DUG BY SID KERKSIS AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN
This Federal eagle breast plate is of the regulation 1826 pattern and was recovered from Cedar Mountain, Virginia in October 1957. Plate measures 64mm in diameter and is in very good excavated… (2025-185). Learn More »
$475.00
ON HOLD
US PATTERN 1839 U.S. CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE DUG BY SID KERKSIS AT BRANDY STATION
This Federal cartridge box plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern and was recovered from a very significant location at Spotsylvania, Virginia in April 1954. Plate is in very fine excavated… (2025-182). Learn More »
$475.00
ON HOLD
US PATTERN 1939 U.S. CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE DUG BY SID KERKSIS AT BRANDY STATION
This Federal cartridge box plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern and was recovered from a 6th Corps camp at Brandy Station, Virginia in February 1959. Plate is in very fine excavated condition.… (2025-192). Learn More »
$450.00
ON HOLD
LONG ISLAND MILITIA BELT AND TWO-PIECE PLATE
After the Civil War, state sponsored militias were championed by Army and Navy veterans to maintain military readiness without committed enlistments. This is an example of a New York State belt used… (1216-192). Learn More »
EXCAVATED CIVIL WAR “VMM” OVAL WAIST BELT PLATE
Presented here is an excavated “Volunteer Militia of Maine” oval waist belt plate that was issued to the State’s volunteer infantrymen early in the Civil War. Maine formally organized its… (1000-1541). Learn More »
$1,480.00
Originally $1,850.00
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JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE
This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July 24th 1863, Col. Chamberlain details the fight of… (557-250). Learn More »
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