1/3/2024 0 Comments Civil war navy buckle![]() ![]() Kerksis, pages 306-316, 488 "Accoutrement Plates, North and South 1861-1865" by William G. O'Donnell, page 24, 36, 207, 306 "Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795-1874" by Sydney C. Mullinax, plates 84-101 "The Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics" by Stephen W. (Reference: "Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates, Expanded Edition " by Steve E. The CS russet leather belt with the tooled edging and its buckle are rare survivors of the Civil War. All three hooks are intact and the plate shows the filing marks from the post-casting process. The plate measures 48.6 mm x 69.5 mm and shows the "textbook" sand-inclusions from the sand casting process. It was also part of Michael Kramer's collection at the time of its inclusion in the Pritchard book.The buckle is in perfect un-dug condition with a great patina. You can still see an image of the belt in one of his museum pictures if you go to his "Hanover Brass' site and is shown in the picture on the left. Williams stated that it was one of his favorite items because "it is so difficult to get a buckle and belt that has truly always been together". ![]() The belt was displayed in his Cold Harbor museum in Williamsburg until he closed the doors in 1995. The "pig skin" belt is classic Confederate right down to the tooled border and the crude hook-holes differing in size, shape, spacing and centering.This belt was, at one time, part of the late Beverly Dubose collection in Atlanta and was ultimately purchased by Gary Williams many years ago. The actual shadowing from the leather can clearly be seen in the back of the plate. Pritchard stated, "without a doubt on its original russet belt". This infantry waist belt plate is, as Mr. This is the exact Atlanta Arsenal and Depot belt and plate published on pages 26 and 27 of Shannon Pritchard's book "Collecting the Confederacy". ![]()
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