Lot 491
[CIVIL WAR]. Officer's sword belt equipped with Model 1851 belt plate.
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$688
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Officer's sword belt equipped with Model 1851 belt plate.

Approx. 27 1/2 in. folded and sewn leather belt with brass keeper and 2 x 3 1/8 in. cast brass eagle plate with narrow tongue (leather pliable, with crackling throughout and some spots of loss to black surface; plate with few minor spots of oxidation; no bench numbers present). Belt includes both hanging straps with brass sword snap hooks, leather uniform protector, and brass scabbard support hook, but lacks D-ring for over-the-shoulder support strap.

Plate style cataloged as Plate 634 in O'Donnell and Duncan Campbell. 

The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Condition Report

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