VERY RARE, CIVIL WAR MARYLAND SWORD BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT, NON-DUG CONDITION

VERY RARE, CIVIL WAR MARYLAND SWORD BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT, NON-DUG CONDITION

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Item Code: 2025-240

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 well-known firm of Emerson Gaylord of Chicopee, Massachusetts and purchased a number of these rectangular sword belt plate accoutrements. Many of these Maryland sword belt plates went south with their volunteers and are occasionally excavated in Confederate campsites.

In very fine condition, this handsome cast brass, slightly convex-shaped, uniform sword belt plate is a rectangular pattern plate that measures 51 mm x 88 mm. Constructed of solid brass that was impressed with a quality metal die, the plate face has a highly detailed rendition of the Maryland state seal set within an oval and all on a fine stippled background. On the reverse, the belt plate bears a 7/8” long tongue brazed on. No benchmarks or maker’s marks are visible.

This handsome waist plate, likely an officer’s or cavalryman’s, supported the individual’s sword belt. A similar plate is found on page 168 in a fine reference book titled “American Military Belt Plates” by authors Michael J. O’Donnell and J. Duncan Campbell, O’Donnell Publications, 1996.

An excellent and rarely seen, Maryland rectangular sword belt plate specimen that would enhance any waist belt plate collection or Civil War display.  [jet] [ph:L]

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