Beautiful Civil War Sword Belt Plate!!!

[mangum]

I had a great day yesterday & saved an amazing piece of history! There was a story that Civil War soldiers stopped by the homesite I was at to use the well. Well, I think I proved that they were there! There was a camp less than a mile from this place. This is a model 1851 Civil War union sword belt plate! This would’ve been used by officers or cavalry. It was definitely a thrill seeing that pop out! I also found a cool 1940s toy fire truck & an unknown item (maybe piece of a sword scabbard). We drove 3 hours & were only able to hunt 2 because of the rain but boy was it worth it!

 

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[RiverRat3]

Awesome find. I was lucky enough to find one this past July. Look on the tongue for the makers mark. May have numbers on the tongue. Congrats!

 

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[TerryEastTexas]

A real beautiful plate. They don't come around often which make them special. A big congrats on a super find.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats to you Josh. It’s nice to see that the relic found someone to appreciate it.

 

[mangum]

How did soldiers just lose those plates? They had to be pretty sturdy, I presume. Are most that are found from fallen soldiers I wonder?

No battle here so really no clue. It does make you wonder

 

[Rookster]

Very awesome. Congrats

 

[Underwonder]

Fantastic! Glad you brought it back to life!

 

[Indiana Mark]

Awesome find! Here are some pics of an undug example from a museum in Deadwood, SD.

 

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[Daryn]

Great condition on that plate; almost too good. If that had been in the ground here in Connecticut, it’d be toast for sure.

 

[RelicMaster777]

Awesome beautiful find there. Congrats

 

[Sooper Dave]

That is a beautiful plate! Nice save and Congrats! A sword plate is high on my list of to find.

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on a fine Civil War relic! That will look great in the display case.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the awesome scores magnum. That belt plate is out of this world ad the old toy fire engine ain't bad either.