✅ SOLVED Any idea about this buckle?

[game over man]

Found this buckle in a relatives yard, house was built in 1952. At first I thought was a Boy Scout buckle but nothing on the front, and the back got me intrigued once I cleaned it up. To me it looks to say "Pat Dec 10 1879". Any thoughts?

 

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[creskol]

It's a harness buckle cover

 

[Anduril]

Any chance that's a "16" and not a "10"?
See US Patent 222,720 (Issued Dec 16, 1879)

Text is difficult to read due to poor scan of original document.
Appears to be: "Buckle-Shield. David Mo, New Britain, CT Filed Oct 8. 1879"

Top left of page 1127:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858029576794;view=1up;seq=1345;size=175

 

[nhbenz]

Funny, It sure looks like a 10, but here's an example that shows it marked clearly as a 16: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...eeded-please-inscribed-pat-dec-16-1879-a.html
I notice the marking is stamped rather than cast on it as this one has... don't know if maybe the maker mis-read the info that was to go on there? Or I guess the wear just makes it look that way (probably).

 

[game over man]

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