RARE Original Civil War M1839 Excavated Relic U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) Recovered At Shiloh Certified

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Original  Civil War Excavated Relic M1839 U.S. Belt Plate (Buckle) Recovered At Shiloh In Tennessee. A great dug plate for the collector who wants an authentic battlefield ground dug relic. A very nice green-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. M1839 versions are VERY RARE and seldom dug on hist0rical Civil War battlefields!  Recovered what was then off National Park property and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic. Both of the 2 hooks are bent, with some loss at the top and it looks in good, relic condition. from an old collection. We placed a full size later style common Civil War plate next to the m1839 version for a size comparison. M1839 U.S. plates  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. RARE EARLY PLATE Good Historical location! VERY RARE!