Original OUTSTANDING Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Eagle Breast Plate With Maker Mark Recovered At Central Virginia Certified

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Original Nice Civil War Excavated Relic U.S.  Breast  plate is is an older recovered breast plate. A very historic recovery location and a very nice looking plate.   Recovered what was then off National Park property and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic. Both of the two hooks are broken but  it looks great, the face is in excellent relic condition. Has the maker “W.H. Smith Brooklyn”stamped into the back. This is one of the better early pick-up breast  plates from an old collection.  Breast 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 maker mark! Don’t miss this. OUTSTANDING VERY EARLY PICK-UP!

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Excavated circular metal U.S. eagle breast plate featuring a raised eagle holding arrows and an olive branch, an example of Civil War platesBack of a circular excavated Civil War eagle breast plate stamped with maker mark Smith Brooklyn and handwritten Cent VAClose up of a stamped maker mark reading Smith Brooklyn on a rusted metal Civil War plate artifactExcavated circular US eagle breast plate featuring an eagle holding arrows and an olive branch, an authentic example of civil war plates