Original Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) With Leather Remnant Recovered At New Market, Va. Certified

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Original Nice Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) Recovered At The New Market Battlefield In Virginia great dug plate for the collector who wants an authentic battlefield ground dug relic. A very nice brown patina. A solid plate from a very historical battlefield. This is an older recovered belt plate. A very historic recovery location and a very nice-looking plate.  Belt buckles are 4x rarer than cartridge box plates. When we went through old collections like this there are about 3 box plates for every 1 belt plate. Recovered what was then off National Park property and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic. All three of the hooks are present and   it looks great, in excellent relic condition. Still has the leather remnant from the belt! This is one of the better early pick-up belt plates from an old collection. U.S. plates this nice are very difficult to find and only come from old collections. Battlefield recovered plates with recovery history are getting very hard to find. 100% guaranteed to be authentic Gettysburg Museum certified, museum COA provided. Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Scarce location! Don’t miss this. OUTSTANDING EARLY PICK-UP. RARE WITH LEATHER!

Description

An excavated oval brass Civil War US belt buckle with raised lettering on a small display standFront view of an excavated oval brass Civil War US belt buckle featuring raised US letters on a textured surfaceBack side of an excavated Civil War U.S. belt buckle showing attachment hooks and handwritten text reading New Market VA.Back side of an excavated Civil War U.S. belt buckle showing attachment hooks and leather remnant with handwritten location New Market VAAn excavated brass oval US belt plate relic from the Civil War with raised letters US