Original Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) With Leather Remnant Recovered At Bethesda Church With Digger Note. Certified

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Original Nice Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) Recovered At The Bethesda Church 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 Digger note on back. RARE WITH LEATHER!

Description

Excavated brass Civil War US belt buckle featuring raised US letters displayed on a small stand next to a rulerExcavated oval brass US belt buckle with raised letters and patina from the Civil WarAntique Civil War-era metal badge with handwritten inscriptions and rusted metal fragments. Back view of a battle damaged excavated Civil War US belt plate with a curved metal hook, leather remnants, and handwritten provenance detailsClose up view of blue handwritten text reading Found by E.V. Smith on a civil war plates relic surfaceClose up of handwritten text Bethesda Church on the back of a weathered Civil War relic us belt buckles surfaceFront view of an excavated brass oval US belt buckle relic with dark patina and corrosion