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

U.S. military badge with "US" embossed, displayed on a stand with a ruler for scale. Front view of an excavated oval US belt buckle relic with heavy patina and raised lettersBack of an excavated Civil War U.S. belt plate with attached hooks, leather remnants, and New Market VA handwritten on the metalClose up view of the back of an excavated Civil War belt plate showing two brass belt hooks with leather remnants attachedBack side of an authentic Civil War U.S. belt plate showing attachment prongs, leather remnants, and handwritten label New Market VA